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I’m in the pacific northwest, the None Zone, and one of the sentiments that I run into from former Christians is “I just want to know more about Jesus and follow him but I don’t want to be part of a church anymore that excludes gays, evolutionists, and women.” It’s the regional embodiment of the [...]
I’m super-stoked to see the prevalence of Twitter amongst the different regions of the United Methodist Church. I’m not super-stoked to see short-sighted social media policies by those different regions. The short-sighted policy? Annual conferences are increasingly using dates in their hashtags. For example, let’s look at Twitter-savvy Ken Carter’s annual conference of Florida. In [...]
Thanks to a suggestion by a church member, I’ve been listening to the audiobook of World War Z, the 2006 novel by Max Brooks depicting the fictional aftermath of a worldwide struggle with zombies. It has a really creative format: each chapter is an interview with a survivor of the war told from their perspective [...]
Introduction It’s all the rage to talk about a Dystopia these days: a future filled with despair and desperation, not hope and joy. From The Hunger Games to The Walking Dead to Revolution to World War Z, there’s a ton of media offerings that depict a dark future where humanity has to learn to live [...]
The United Methodist Reporter met its over 150 year demise this past month. Thankfully, some respected online voices have stepped in to continue its online presence. The two principle people at the Methoblog (which HX feeds our content to) and the YouthWorker Circuit. Here’s the press release. Looking forward to what happens next! And I [...]
This series looks at four techniques of the most successful United Methodist churches in America. While the techniques could benefit any church, they have serious dark sides. A dystopian future could await United Methodism if these techniques become widespread. 01: Vulture Churches | 02: Franchise Churches | 03: Production Churches | 04: Caste Churches Introduction In the United Methodist Church, there are churches and then there are vital churches, meaning [...]
This series looks at four techniques of the most successful United Methodist churches in America. While the techniques could benefit any church, they have serious dark sides. A dystopian future could await United Methodism if these techniques become widespread. 01: Vulture Churches | 02: Franchise Churches | 03: Production Churches | 04: Caste Churches Introduction In the United Methodist Church, there are churches and then there [...]
This series looks at four techniques of the most successful United Methodist churches in America. While the techniques could benefit any church, they have serious dark sides. A dystopian future could await United Methodism if these techniques become widespread. 01: Vulture Churches | 02: Franchise Churches | 03: Production Churches | 04: Caste Churches Introduction In the United Methodist Church, there are churches and then there are vital churches, meaning churches [...]
This series looks at four techniques of the most successful United Methodist churches in America. While the techniques could benefit any church, they have serious dark sides. A dystopian future could await United Methodism if these techniques become widespread. 01: Vulture Churches | 02: Franchise Churches | 03: Production Churches | 04: Caste Churches Introduction In the United Methodist Church, there are churches [...]
A Wisconsin clergy group commissioned with reviewing and recommending what a “clergy covenant” means and should mean has released their recommendations…and it concludes that LGBT exclusion is itself a violation of the practice of the clergy covenant and ought not be upheld. Amy DeLong was part of our most recent church trial (another one is [...]
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