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Since, racist, bigoted, patriarchal, trans/homophobic, sexist, male chauvinist, cis-biased, privileged, colonizer has worked so well over the decades to stifle speech, silence the dissenters, and retain the narrative when challenged, let us add to that the charge of ‘mis-informer’, or one who is accused of trafficking in ‘misinformation’. You see, to be labeled as oneContinue reading “Killing The Messenger Is In Vogue Again”

With the tragic news of a local clergy person, taking their own life, it has hit me hard that we need to do better. A young man, in his twenties, serving a rural, elderly congregation, was found by his congregants on a Sunday morning when he failed to show up for church service. It hasContinue reading “We Need to do Better!”

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by Chris Ritter Methodism in the United States is a faltering structure with an amazing foundation. As our institutional relationships are re-negotiated, we have both need and opportunity to un-learn bad habits and re-connect with our own DNA. This is not the first time Methodists have had to do so. During its rapid expansion in […]Continue reading “Methodist Detox — People Need Jesus”

“Here ye, here ye. Come one, come all to the town square and meet the man who can cure your every ailment, your every malady and sickness with just one spoonful of his special elixir being sold only today”. So goes out the edict from the town crier as yet another snake oil salesman comesContinue reading “The Modern Day Snake Oil Salesman”

This essay will address some good things happening in South Carolina that are worthy of mention and analyze the current-and-near-future state of the church in South Carolina. Takeaways: Expect about 50 churches to present a formal request to the South Carolina Conference Trustees to close the church and transfer the property to a new entity.Continue reading “South Carolina: Disaffiliation Votes End This Week”

For 50 years the United Methodist has been arguing about the language and policies in the Discipline over issues of same gender weddings and ordination of self avowed, practicing homosexuals. And after all those years we have has not moved one way or the other. The two sides are just as far apart as weContinue reading “The Impasse That is the United Methodist Church”

by Bob Phillips The creation of a new Wesleyan Christian expression will include some profound changes for congregations. Bluntly, any local church that sees the main changes for aligning with the GMC as the end of the trust clause, the reduction of apportionments and a change in the church sign, in the words of WestleyContinue reading “Simple Stuff: Top Minor Tweaks Offered in the Global Methodist Church”

Ordination of Francis Asbury CHOSEN FOR A PURPOSE A Homily for the congregations of the Global Methodist Church {I have published portions of this homily in various places over the years. If you are a frequent reader, parts will sound familiar} This church has been preserved through a great and continuing conflict. This morning weContinue reading “CHOSEN FOR A PURPOSE: A Homily for the Congregations of the Global Methodist Church”

by Bob Phillips John Wayne remains one of my favorite Hollywood (re-actors). I say it that way because he famously said, “I don’t act. I react.” He charges into the saloon and gets the bad guys. He charges into the barn and saves the horse. He charges the hill and whacks the enemy. Cover fromContinue reading “Caution Precedes Confidence: Avoiding the John Wayne Syndrome”