Cover image: “Angels Among Us” by Annie Henrie Nader, https://altusfineart.com/. Used with permission. Angels experience feelings of wonder, joy, urgency and even desperation. From time to time, and in very touching circumstances, they may share their poignant longings and feelings with us… One of the most significant ways to feel the deep
By Walter B. Fenton When The United Methodist Church’s Commission on General Conference postponed the 2020 General Conference for the third time, theologically conservative local churches wanting to exit the denomination were forced to set their sights on their annual conference gatherings to gain some sense of how they might leave
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominable practices of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 3For
Thoughts on Navigating Our Church Effectively in a ‘Moved’ Neighborhood Being neighborly is a choice, according to Jesus. Anti-Abortion Movement Faces Internal Divisions after Roe’s FallAfter the Dobbs decision, abortion foes hope to ban abortion where they can and find ‘creative approaches’ like shareholder activism to punish abortion rights supporters.
The other day I was rushing out the door when I realized I had not brushed my teeth. I was in a huge hurry so I grabbed my toothbrush, ran it under the faucet, and proceeded to scrub my pearly whites with just water and the bristles. That is when
Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his
Hosted by the Rev. Rob Renfroe The United Methodist Church is Divided and Dividing – the theological and spiritual issues surrounding the division within the denomination. Our Differences Regarding the Bible – how divergent views about the Bible creates division within The United Methodist Church. Our Differences Regarding Jesus –
15Jacob ate his fill; Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You grew fat, bloated, and gorged! He abandoned God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation. 16They made him jealous with strange gods, with abhorrent things they provoked him. 17They sacrificed to demons, not God, to deities