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Every time I pick up an Advent devotional book I soon realize the contents has very little to do with the theological themes of Advent. Let's be honest. The books that are promoted...
"The First Sunday of Advent is regarded in the Western Church as the beginning of the liturgical year. But Advent is first of all about the end of time. Because the term itself mea...
Look carefully at the images to the right. All of them are real things. None of them is intended to be ironic in the least. Each of them in its own way is a sign of celebrating a ...
Why is it that worship and music always are made the “fall guy” for the church’s problems? Is it because they are the most public? Is it because they are the most susceptible to “q...
Collect for Christ the King Sunday: Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully g...
Here's an excellent reflection by Taylor Burton-Edwards on the Wesleyan way of nurturing people from "new birth" to maturity in discipleship: End Spiritual Infant Mortality...
Pictured at the right is an incubator. If it looks like it's made of car parts, that's because it is. It was designed by a company that specializes in appropriate and sustainable t...
Time.For most of us in the West, time moves primarily in a line from one point to the next. What is before is the past. What will come later is the future. The present is wherever ...
A Disciple's Journal-Year A is now available for sale at Amazon.com It costs only $10 per copy, plus shipping.You may also get it from CreateSpace.com...
Pastoral....
The Rev. Dr. Orlando Costas was a pastor, missionary, theologian, and seminary dean. He died of stomach cancer in 1987. He was 45 years old. Dr. Costas wrote several books, includi...
16. Will you recommend fasting or abstinence, both by precept and example?17. Are you determined to employ all your time in the work of God?18. Are you in debt so as to embarrass y...
Collect for All Saints: Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow...
October 2010
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Note: Links are now updated (2/24/2015) since originally posted in October 2010....
The state of much Christianity in North America, to what shall we compare it, or with what parable shall we describe it. It is like a certain bacterium called Bacillus subtilis, on...
Wesleyan leadership is essentially missional. The Wesleyan way of disciple-making is focused on forming persons in the image of Jesus Christ and equipping them to participate with ...
14. Will you diligently instruct the children in every place?15. Will you visit from house to house? We’re getting near the end of the 19 historic questions that are asked of perso...
In the days when the scholars of the Forum of Pew, had studied “Millennials” (though not all, quite a few) they found not just for them, or their parents, but theirs, that of those...
Companions,In 2008, Steve Manskar and I developed some new questions to be added to charge conference forms based on our United Methodist statements about membership found in Parag...
September 2010
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A number of bloggers have offered comment on the new sign that appears on the doors of Starbucks Coffee around the country: "Take Comfort in Rituals." You see the warm cup of coffe...
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