Washing feet?
Reading Vanier’s book on John. He talks about the profound gesture of washing each other’s feet as part of the community. I get the idea of humility, but it’s lost its practical significance. Jesus...
View ArticleLoving Neighbors in an Era of Internment
On this day in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an order which authorized the internment of Americans who had Japanese ancestry. Families were rounded up, taken away from their homes, put in...
View ArticleOf course I am still an Evangelical
Over the last few months, there’s been a flurry of folks stating they are no longer Evangelicals, leaving behind that label for supposedly better appellative pastures. Almost all that I’ve heard doing...
View ArticleConsumerism: I learned it by watching you
If you were a child of the 80s, or had a child in the 80s, you’ll remember the public service announcements they showed on daytime television, especially Saturday morning. I occasionally use the phrase...
View ArticleB.T. Roberts (founder of the Free Methodists) on women in ministry
CHAPTER XVII: CONCLUSION (of his book Ordaining Women written in 1891 ) “What are we, what our race, How good for nothing and base, Without fair woman to aid us? What could we do, where should we go,...
View ArticleTestimony
When I was 6 or 7, I wrote a personal testimony of faith: As of this past April, now age 43, I am a licensed pastor in The Wesleyan Church. The process wasn’t that difficult. I started it late last...
View ArticleThe Way to Pray
Last week, I preached on prayer. Here’s what I had to say: Here are the notes for the sermon
View Articleon ordination
As part of my ordination examination, I was asked to provide a further response about ordination. Indeed, while I was affirmed in almost every way, the lingering question at the table was whether my...
View ArticleSociety and the Church after September 11
In late Summer 2001, I was 26 years old, and I was dealing with some wonderful ups and significant downs. I had traveled to Ireland in July, working at a center that sought religious reconciliation...
View ArticleHope for the nations starts in local (online?) communities
One of my projects these days is helping in the development of online training for Bible Translators all over the world. I sent an email to a group of beta testers this morning, and one reply had this...
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