The Glory of God Revealed: Living the Resurrection By Jonathan A. Powers Happy Easter! Yes, we are still in the Easter season, an extended reminder that the Church lingers in the joy of the resurrection rather than moving past it too quickly. One of the beautiful aspects of the Christian
Connectional Addiction: Retirement, Identity, and the Hidden Temptation of Ministerial Influence By Mike Powers Last June (2025) I retired for the third time since 2017. Obviously, I am not very good at this. With each retirement, I experienced some common and rather odd feelings. Some of these feelings reveal the
Holiness: Becoming Fully Human By Josh Duckworth The young denomination to which I belong has, from its inception, placed a major focus on “holiness.” The Global Methodist Church even revised its mission statement at its first General Conference to read: “make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across
Holiness: Becoming Fully Human By Josh Duckworth The young denomination to which I belong has, from its inception, placed a major focus on “holiness.” The Global Methodist Church even revised its mission statement at its first General Conference to read: “make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across
Prayer and God’s Will By Stephen Rankin I recently wrote about the problem of too much subjectivism in prayer. Many of us, myself included, sometimes have strong impressions when we pray. They come with a misleading sense of urgency about their rightness, of their having come from the Lord. Sometimes,
Practicing Sabbath By Tammie Grimm It can be startling to discover that for all the spiritual practices or means of grace we can name, none are listed in the Ten Commandments. Prayer, which is considered to be primary by many people of faith isn’t mentioned once. Neither is the necessity
Hunger, Desire, and the Bread of Life By Jonathan A. Powers A Simple Lesson about Hunger There are two words spoken many times each day in our home by our daughter Elizabeth, two words spoken in many homes around the world: “I’m hungry.” As tiresome as it can sometimes be
Proclamation and Power By Peter J. Bellini Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—by the power of miraculous