Christmas, Doctrinal Truth and Human Flourishing
(This post originated just prior to Christmas 2009. It still seems relevant, so I’m reposting.) In my prayer time the other day I was pondering Psalm 43:3, “O send out your light and your truth; let...
View ArticleGeorge McGovern the Quintessential Methodist?
Senator George McGovern was 90 years old when he died Sunday last. In some ways, it seems to me, Dr. McGovern (Ph.D. from Northwestern U.) was quintessentially United Methodist. Pondering how...
View ArticleChristmas, Doctrine and a Flourishing Christian life
(This post originated just prior to Christmas 2009. It still seems relevant, so I’m reposting.) In my prayer time the other day I was pondering Psalm 43:3, “O send out your light and your truth; let...
View ArticleReversing the Implosion
In a previous post, I talked about United Methodism’s implosion. Of course, we are not a building. We are a people. Hence, the implosion can be reversed. What do we do to make the reversal happen?...
View ArticleUnavoidable Orthodoxy
“Orthodox” or “orthodoxy,” used not in reference to church bodies often known as “Eastern” Orthodox, but in the more formal sense of “adhering to right beliefs,” has been much on my mind lately....
View ArticleThe Problem is Still Theological
A friend of mine pointed me yesterday to a tweet that states flatly, “‘Orthodoxy’ is code for white privilege, homophobia, racism and sexism.” There you have it. One group of United Methodists thinks...
View ArticleThe Twentysomething Soul #3 – Evangelical Protestants
We have entered the Advent season, so this post comes with the prayer that your Advent preparations bring blessing to yourself and others. I continue to mull over the findings of Tim Clydesdale and...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Adam Hamilton and Other Centrists: Where Lie the Boundaries?
Dear Adam (Hamilton) and Other Centrists, When I wrote, recently, about my conviction that the current United Methodist Church needs to divide, I don’t think I made sufficiently clear that I recognize...
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