Please Share Your Testimonies
Up to this point, the perspective you've been reading on this site is mine. They're my stories and my views of Christianity, the Bible, and the future of our church. But now it's time to hear and [continue...]
The Five Things Jesus Said About Homosexuality
It's odd to think that all of Jesus' spoken words recorded in the Bible would apparently total only around four hours of spoken words. We don't have a history of the Son of God ever writing a single [continue...]
Adam Hamilton Offers to Speak at RUMC
Author and UMC pastor Adam Hamilton has offered to come speak to Riverchase UMC as part of our discernment process and I wanted to pass this info along. A few weeks ago, I had a chance to [continue...]
Are We Going to Maintain or Have a Future?
In 2019, Riverchase UMC participated in an assessment conducted by the Unstuck Group. According to their website, their goal is to "help pastors grow healthy churches by guiding them through experiences to align vision, strategy, team and [continue...]
Which Biblical Rules Are You Choosing to Follow?
In a previous post, I discussed how I approach reading the Bible and how I don’t feel that we should use it as a tactical operating manual for life, but instead view it as a way of [continue...]
An Open Letter to the Riverchase UMC Board of Stewards
I'd like to take a moment to reach out to you, as our pastors, staff, and lay leadership at Riverchase UMC, to express my thoughts about Sunday's "re-vote" in the sanctuary at 4:30 pm. I'm worried for the [continue...]
Addressing the ‘Clobber Passages’ in the Bible — “Unclobber”: A Book Review
There are precisely six occurrences of Biblical text that reference same-sex, sexual encounters out of 31,102 verses of the old and new testaments. It takes up roughly 0.02% of the text that is divinely inspired. A whopping six [continue...]
An Informational Meeting or Discernment Advertisement?
Sunday night's informational meeting at RUMC made me realize that the discernment process we might enter into at our church is likely not going to be fair, unbiased, and without a predetermined outcome in mind. It was a [continue...]
Disaffiliating – The Three Reasons You’re Likely to Hear
On January 8th, our church will be holding an informational meeting discussing topics related to the future of the United Methodist Church. This meeting is in advance of a re-vote later in January to determine whether to [continue...]
UMC North Georgia Conference Pausing Disaffiliations
Today, the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church announced it is pausing all disaffiliation processes of its churches within the conference. The conference has found that "many local churches have been misled about the disaffiliation process [continue...]
