Hopefully what you find here will give you some insights about my faith and how I feel about the future of United Methodism and our church at Riverchase UMC. The words may resonate with you and some may not, but maybe there’s something here that will make you pause and question. And that’s what we’ve been asked to do as Christians and United Methodists.
We have much to be thankful for here in Riverchase at our United Methodist outpost in the suburbs. May we continue to do God’s work leading people to salvation through the risen Christ, taking care of those in need and being God’s hands and feet.
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 talk with Adam one-on-one for close 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 action...our priority is to help churches help [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 understanding our relationship with God. The primary [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 future of our church if we keep [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 occurrences. Not 2%, but two-hundredths of one [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 subtle, yet no-so-subtle advertisement for entering the [continue...]
