“Honestly officer, da devil made me do it!” Rhett Close, Riverside Police Officer, “He started to become a little bit emotionally stressed at that point. State he didn’t know how he got there or why he was even ther.” While the pastor may not remember how he got to the club, at least one dancer […]
Month: March 2008
I was surprised to see a shout-out in the latest edition of the Emergent-C newsletter, which focused on denominational expressions of the emerging conversation. I’ve been a part of this emergent conversation thingie (the thing we find ourselves in) since 2002 or so, and I count myself as one who has been influenced by the […]
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Hanging with dear old dad…
Yesterday morning was a strange start to the day. It began with my wife in tears regarding a situation with my daughter which was pretty yucky (although, in the end everything turned out grand). Not ten minutes later I received a call informing my that my father had been rushed to the hospital in his […]
I have spent a bit of time recently talking with many folks about the staff restructuring at the Tennessee Conference Council on Connectional Ministries office, focused in the discontinuation of the positions focused in ministry with youth and children. As has been suggested here earlier, the process for this change seems flawed in many ways, […]
Courtesy of my cousin Ray.
As you know from an earlier post, I found Barack Obama’s speech yesterday to be a helpful addition to the continuing conversation on race in America. Senator Obama named realities that are rarely named by politicians, noting that we have come far but still have a long way to go. Personally, I think it reads […]
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Obama on Race
Think what you will, but this is a worthwhile video for all folks to watch.
“Beep, beep. Beep, beep.” It’s not unusual for the doorbell at our front door to intrude into my afternoon thoughts. Frankly, I always cringe a bit that the front door is locked and that we have a doorbell at all, given our hope of being welcoming and inviting, however security issues are an issue here, […]
Jay Voorhees, pastor of Antioch United Methodist Church, transformed a cardboard box used to send bodies to crematoria into an altar. He taped pictures of a crucified Jesus around the rim and placed a big cross atop, surrounding it with candles. The words, “It is finished,” hung to the side. Voorhees put a church pew […]
Rachel posted a comment in my post on the update from the Bishop. This is my response. Rachel,First of all, I am neither the apologist for the Bishop nor the CCOM leadership. When I heard about this situation, I expressed my concerns to the Bishop. He responded to me and allowed me to share his response […]
I just received the following message from Bishop Wills clarifying some of what he told me: I misunderstood Loyd on at least two points and I have written Beth and apologized. First, Beth was not told about this new direction and organization. So, it is unfair me to have told you that she knew 6 […]
…I am going to reply to a couple of comments on the last post here on the front page. Jason wrote: My greater concern is that what is being expressed is that the positions are being eliminated. Maybe it is legalese to get through the removal of staff without a lawsuit. But if the positions […]
Mark Hagewood makes some good points in his comment on my previous post. While I am too tired to give a complete response, I feel like I need to clarify a few things: I absolutely agree the communication has been horrible in regards to this situation and that the correct action in trying to facilitate […]
When I woke this morning I padded sleepily out to the computer to check the weather forecast and to see if I had received any mail. I was surprised to see several messages on Facebook and opened them to hear voices of dismay over the news that two staff members at the Tennessee Conference Council […]
At least one historian thinks not: In fact, it was because he [Jefferson] thought Christianity had been so thoroughly corrupted that he created his own Bible, slicing out the miracles and thereby “rescuing” Jesus and separating the “diamonds” from the “dunghill” that was the rest of the Bible. Imagine the attack ads that could be made […]
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This is a hoot!
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Changes at The MethoBlog
I have spent the past 24 hours or so updating the template at The MethoBlog. Most of the changes are cosmetic, but the addition of some new block areas are allowing me to add a “blog of the week section” and feature the latest UM news. Check it out.
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Ben Stein’s Wisdom
Ben Stein of “Ferris Bueller,” “Win Ben Stein’s Money,” and “America’s Most Smartest Model” is featured this week on American Public Radio’s “Word for Word. It is well worth listening to. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/wordforword/2008/02/29/wordforword_64.mp3
only wonder understands 