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Methodism TN Annual Conference Youth Ministry

Youth Ministry SNAFU #2

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 […]

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Methodism TN Annual Conference Youth Ministry

Change is hard. Communication is harder.

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 […]

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Faith Politics

Was Thomas Jefferson a “Christian”?

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 […]