Kaylyn was in charge of the charter school fundraiser. It raised more than ten thousand dollars, and afterward, she sent her children home with a friend so she could get the money in the bank. But she had barely laid out the money into piles on the floor to count
A Small Church Is Still Part of the Big Mission Don’t let the size of the mission overwhelm your church or distract you from it. The source of the mission is found in Christ alone. What happened in the ten days between Ascension and Pentecost? Between Ascension and Pentecost, the
If, as a teacher, I acted like my students had no life before they entered my classroom, I would severely limit my appreciation of them and the richness of their lives. In contrast, if I welcomed the whole person to my class, acknowledging and valuing their earlier experiences and rich
In July 2023, four leaders from across the United States joined ELCA World Hunger and the Lutheran Office for World Community in New York City as delegates of the Lutheran World Federation at the 2023 United Nations High-Level Political Forum. The forum was an opportunity for UN member states,
What the Regionalization Agenda Tells Us about the Future of the UMC, Part 2 By Thomas Lambrecht In last week’s Perspective, I surveyed a recent article by Mainstream UMC (a centrist advocacy group within The United Methodist Church) outlining the case for the regionalization of the church. This important article
Pärt’s Cultural Influence and Ensuing Controversies How can we judge if the events and the consequences in Pärt’s life in 1968 had any long-standing cultural influence? Let us look at the context: in classical music, historians look back to clear transitions when the reiterated elements that conformed the accepted style
Is Your Livestream a Part of Your Safe Sanctuary Plan?Recently, a United Methodist pastor in New York shared a disturbing story of pedophiles watching videos of his church’s children’s moments. These clips had been posted online for families to view remotely. 7 Questions to Ask When Starting a Church Planting
This is Part 2 of my reflections on Alasdair MacIntyre’s recent comments on God that began here. MacIntyre rightly noted that divine omniscience involves God knowing everything that can be known. MacIntyre’s claim was that the genuine singularities of creative human action cannot be known or predicted before they occur. They cannot even