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Social Principles = Law in the #UMC?

October 28, 2013 by UMJeremy 19 Comments

Social Principles = Law in the #UMC?

Sorry to Non-Methodists, but this is a really inside-the-ballpark conversation. The United Methodist Church, the predecessors of which grew up during the rise of the United States of America, parallels the American government in that we have three branches: the legislative (General Conference), the judicial (Judicial Council) and the executive (the Bishops and the General […]

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Look, Nerds, Jesus was NOT a Zombie

October 26, 2013 by UMJeremy 10 Comments

Look, Nerds, Jesus was NOT a Zombie

The Jesus = Zombie meme is awful. No, not how sacrilegious it is, but that they got the sacrilegiousness WRONG.

Filed Under: Geek Gospel

When Covenants Compete in the #UMC, Which Do You Choose?

October 25, 2013 by UMJeremy 22 Comments

When Covenants Compete in the #UMC, Which Do You Choose?

We have to sometimes step away from covenants that we have faithfully made in order to honor others. We sometimes choose to honor one Covenant at this time as more important than other Covenants which are more important at other times.

Filed Under: UMC

Complementarianism: even in its best form, it is Patriarchy

October 22, 2013 by UMJeremy 15 Comments

Complementarianism: even in its best form, it is Patriarchy

There’s lots of conversations about Complementarianism these days. It may have started with Rachel Held Evans’ blog post “Will the Real Complementarian Please Stand Up?” which outlines and hotlinks to all the arguments about complementarianism you could ever want. To define the term, Complementarianism is the belief that God has specific expectations regarding gender roles […]

Filed Under: Theology

The Church as Hackerspace: Breaking Computer Code

October 17, 2013 by UMJeremy 11 Comments

The Church as Hackerspace: Breaking Computer Code

One way of learning computer code is to break the code and learn why it is broken. The same technique can be applied to turning our pedestrian theologies into holistic thoughts about God.

Filed Under: Technology, Theology

Don’t let the left hand that honors prophets know the right hand is still stoning them

October 2, 2013 by UMJeremy 39 Comments

Don’t let the left hand that honors prophets know the right hand is still stoning them

In September, Bishop Wallace-Padgett wrote a letter opposing Bishop Talbert’s participation in her conference. But in April, Wallace-Padgett wrote a blog post celebrating the 50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” I thought that was very interesting because the content and context of that letter gives insight into today’s conflict.

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