Methodist Heritage: Brother Stanley By Edmund Robb III Good News Archive, July-August 1976 TIME magazine, Oct. 20, 1948: “A grand old man among U.S. missionaries is a rugged Methodist preacher named Eli Stanley Jones. Baltimore-born Missionary Jones went to India in 1907, and his 35 busy years there made him
Join us in welcoming Haemin Lee, the new director of ELCA World Hunger, who will lead the amazing team working with ELCA World Hunger’s domestic and international grants! Welcome, Haemin! A Greeting from Haemin Lee Hi, my name is Haemin Lee, and I’m super excited to serve alongside you
Let us not forget that when the thirteen British colonies declared their independence from England, they made a very important historic political statement. We do not need a king to govern us! We can govern ourselves! Of the freedoms that we cherish as Americans, our most precious freedom is
Carl Sagan, the well-known astrophysicist and science popularizer, once declared, “I am a collection of water, calcium and organic molecules called Carl Sagan. You are a collection of almost identical molecules with a different collective label.” Strange as that assertion may sound, it expresses an idea that many of our
Editor’s Note: The Eyres have written extensively over the years on Meridian about Family, Marriage, and Parenting. More recently, they have turned their attention to grandparenting and the effective management of 3-generation families. Meridian has been pleased to partner with the Eyres in offering an online course called Grandparenting101. If
John Wesley Birthday Reader John Wesley’s birthday is a bit unusual. While the great evangelist and founder of Methodism was born on June 17, 1703, according to the Julian Calendar in use at the time. Midway through his life (in 1752), however, Britain shifted to the Gregorian Calendar, adding 11
Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows. This evening we continue our series on Jesus’ teaching. We will be looking at what Jesus taught about trees and the fruit they bear. Yes, Jesus taught about trees and fruit. He often used the commonplace to illustrate spiritual truths and principles. Reading: