I was reading the Reverend Mark Reisinger’s response to General Conference that he posted on his Facebook account. One line that particularly resonated with me is where Mark asks “did we really expect a great revival to begin through a majority vote in a convention center?” Reading some of the propaganda…hype…analysis Read more »
I wanted to share some more thoughts on Guaranteed Appointments beyond what I said in my posts on Accountability and Power. Wesley’s Covenant Prayer – Several people in their tweets and blog posts referenced Wesley’s Covenant Prayer when discussing the end of Guaranteed Appointments. The line that was continually used Read more »
After reading Tom Berlin’s blog post about Guaranteed Appointments, I am glad he feels great about the loss of guaranteed appointments. Undoubtedly he is feeling better that he now knows the conference wants him and is not merely putting up with him. It was nice of him to acknowledge, a Read more »
I was reading an article by Donald Haynes this morning where he starts by quoting that famous aphorism “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I respectfully disagree with Haynes and Santayana. I say this as a person who did a full concentration in history at Read more »
Accountability is hard to argue against. In theory, no one wants ineffective people in positions of power. We want our teachers to teach well, we want our doctors to practice medicine well, and we want our pastors to minister well. Very few people would argue that we want ineffective teachers, Read more »
I have been trying to keep up with what is going on at General Conference through Twitter. I have noticed that the words leadership and leader have started to appear. While the words leader and leadership are still very small on Andrew Conard’s Word Cloud for General Conference tweets, I Read more »
As the 2012 United Methodist General Conference approaches, I have been trying to bite my tongue and not get too worked up about things that have not yet come to pass. With the possibility of radical changes to the church structure and the end of guaranteed appointments there have been Read more »
I have been trying to figure out ways of visually representing life in the church. One idea I have been tinkering with is using formulas. In many church meetings, we seem to struggle with not have a common language to talk about our ministry and the problems we are dealing Read more »
I have often been accused of being “Captain Obvious.” Yet, sometimes I find that what is obvious is the hardest for people to embrace. In a recent church service, I was leading the announcements as I usually do. I opened it up the announcements to the congregation and a person Read more »
On my sermon blog, Step By Step, new sermon posts start today. My goal is to post a new sermon every week day in March. The first sermon is a sermon I preached at Hetlerville entitled “Great Faith.”
