Using the internet to guide and support spiritual practice is something that is being explored by a lot of folks. I read a lot of ideas in the Emerging Church book by Eddie Gibbs. Many young congregations who are trying to straddle our cultural shifts are finding that cellphones can be as good as church [...]
The Democratic and Republican primaries are in full force at this point. Words are starting to fly. Campaign staffers are looking to pull dirty tricks (I’m looking at you, Hillary), and battleground states are up for grabs. This is politics in America, and it makes me feel sort of queasy at times.
When I was in [...]
It’s Thanksgiving week. We don’t have class here at Wesley Theological Seminary. Grad school can be a bit generous about giving break time.
One of the things I am supposed to be working on is a 15 page credo paper. A credo paper is all about putting down your beliefs on paper, as you know them [...]
I wanted to share a couple of interesting quotes and thoughts today, little things that have been swirling around in my head and heart.
Jesus tells us about the parable of the mustard seed. (Matthew 13:31-35) It’s one of those simple but deceptive verses of the Gospel of Matthew which challenge believers to consider the nature [...]
Mother Theresa once said, “We are not called to be successful - we are called to be faithful.”
I really think these are the two ends of the spectrum that a lot of Christians get wrong.
Let’s begin with “success”. We have very possibly seen the peak of megachurches, who work hard to make the Gospel accessible [...]
This past weekend, I had a lot of fun with a bunch of fellow young adults at our annual Young Adult Conference in the Capital Area. The questions that came up were deep and difficult, and yet we had fun too and got some sun. Still, for someone who cares deeply about our denomination and [...]
Eunice and I returned from the annual Young Adult Conference at Bethany Beach, DE, and we had a pretty good time. There were something like 50+ young adults there. The topic at hand was Marcus Borg’s “Heart of Christianity”. The idea was to help us young people gather some new ways to look at our [...]
For 19 out of the last 27 days, I’ve been traveling, across the world and right around the areas I call home.
On May 10, I left for Spain to explore facets of the culture, arts, and spirituality of that old European country. It was quite an experience - from Madrid, Toledo, Leon, Salamanca, Granda, and [...]