I am writing this letter to you, my fellow church members, to help clarify a few things that maybe haven’t been so clear to you recently related to our church’s future. You’ve been receiving some emails from [continue...]

So many times, I’ve seen the Bible used simply as a reference book for the things we should and should not do. It’s been wielded as a weapon to attempt to point out the sins of others. It’s [continue...]

The teacher took her preschool students outside into the afternoon sun one day and introduced them to the concept of shadows. She had them stand with their backs to the sun and look at their shadows.  She pointed [continue...]

On a spring evening in Ireland in 1762, the founder of the Methodist movement, John Wesley, spent the night with my family. Remaining on our family's farm in Ireland is a stump indicating where the tree [continue...]

Today is the day God embraces all hues of humanity, delights in diversity and difference, favors solidarity transforming strangers into friends. And so shall we. - The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church (2016), excerpt [continue...]