Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Annual Conference
So, here I am at annual conference. I’m surrounded by a lot of great people. They love God. They want to work. So, then why is our conference looking people? As I sat there, I had to honestly admit to myself that I didn’t know. Well, I think I have an idea. It seems like…
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Working to please
Ah…the joys of Annual Conference. Right now, I’m sitting in the Hotel lobby because I’m having trouble with the internet connection. The manager/owner/whoever just went up to reset it or something. I don’t know. He hasn’t been back yet. At first people seem to feel the problem is on your end and you really don’t…
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They’re Alive!!!
Well, our pilot prayer group met last night and two of the participants are going to start a prayer group on Monday’s at 5:30 starting next week! They caught me off guard with starting one next week, but it’s a good thing. Mine will continue meeting, but we are moving from 9 pm on Tuesdays…
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The Move to Emergent
Last night I had the privilege of having dinner with a few friends. One of the couples is moving 1000 miles to minister to artists. They are artists, but for the past few years they have been Pastors of worship and arts at a mid-size church (700-900). What struck me was how comfortable they seemed…
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The Church on the Outside
I love the following stuff from theBlog blog. I wonder what will happen when the people of the Church stop seeing the ‘sanctuary’ as where God is and is released to discover God where ever God might be. I wonder how a view of "God outside of the box" of our buildings would change the…
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Reading Scripture
A (re)blog post got me thinking…I’m realizing that my understanding of scripture is determined by the context of my life. How then, can I have a ‘fresh’ or ‘new’ reading of Scripture which is more in line with the original understanding of the text. In other words, how can I break free of my "rich,…