JC Observations

If you are a Bishop presiding over a session of jurisidctional conference while a fellow Bishop is speaking at the podium, do you watch the speech on a monitor, facing away from the speaker, or do you watch the actual, live presentation

General Conference @ Annual Conference

We are congratulating ourselves and one another for our hosting of General Conference. “If there’s something we are really good it, it is greeting fellow United Methodists with great hospitality.”
Wow. Now, taken in the context of the pages and hours of guidelines and training, that we were hospitable should come as no surprise.
That [...]

Making Disciples AND Transforming the World

As I’ve already shared, the United Methodist Church has adopted a new mission statement: “To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” The decision to adopt this happened Tuesday, April 29th.
At least twice since then, I’ve heard reference made to the “dual purposes” of the church. Sometimes these are [...]

GC Update

I just heard Brian McLaren cited from the floor of General Conference

Christianity Consumed

To what extent ought worship experiences be designed according to to request/suggestion of the congregation?