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What if Oklahoma cancelled #UMC Annual Conference for Tornado Relief?
This coming Monday, Oklahoma has their Annual Conference, a gathering of about 1,000 United Methodist clergy and laity in Oklahoma City. Only once a year is a concentrated group of United Methodists gathered together on this scale in Oklahoma City. While many come from areas affected by tornado … [More]
Children’s Sermons RE: Oklahoma Tornadoes
As stories of devastation emerge from Moore, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas hit by the Tornadoes on May 20th, while first responders and support networks continue their recovery work, while families await knowledge of the fate of their homes or loved ones, while people who are not there read … [More]
UMReporter & Cokesbury: The Splintering of Methodism? #UMC
The United Methodist Church has no Pope. Our last individual in charge of everything was John Wesley, our founder. When he died, his authority was delegated to some Bishops. And then some regional entities. And eventually, some national entities that became global entities. But all the while, the … [More]
Nitpicking Mark 5 in the Common English Study Bible #CEB
It's not always nice to nitpick, but when it comes to the Bible, I feel a certain obligation. After all, my schooling was in the Bible, I use the Bible every day, so if not a resident theologian like myself, who will do the nitpicking? My nitpick addresses the release of the Common English … [More]
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What if Oklahoma cancelled #UMC Annual Conference for Tornado Relief?
This coming Monday, Oklahoma has their Annual Conference, a gathering of about 1,000 United Methodist clergy and laity in Oklahoma City. Only once a year is a concentrated group of United Methodists gathered together on this scale in Oklahoma City. While many come from areas affected by tornado activity the past week, the majority come from [...]
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I am a Creator. I’ll Improvise.
In the 2010 movie Tron Legacy, the sequel to the 80s movie Tron, there is a digital world where computer programs are anthropomorphized and walk around like humans. The programmer’s son comes back to the digital world to save his father who has been essentially trapped by the evil program CLU. They are called “Users.” Users are [...]
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