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Archives for October 2016

Who Should the #UMC stand with at the World Series?

October 29, 2016 by UMJeremy 2 Comments

Who should we stand with at the World Series? The underdogs or the truly oppressed?

Filed Under: Justice, UMC

Talk Less, Smile More? On Politics from the Pulpit

October 28, 2016 by UMJeremy 11 Comments

What Lin-Manuel’s “Hamilton” can teach us about Politics in the Church.

Filed Under: Church Talk, Politics

Catering to Culture: The Real Foundations of the WCA. 02: Anti-Institutionalism

October 26, 2016 by UMJeremy 13 Comments

The Wesleyan Covenant Association lies firmly in the apportionment-withholding tradition of those opposed to the actions of the Institutional church.

Filed Under: UMC, Wesleyan Covenant Association

The Room Where it Happens For The #UMC

October 24, 2016 by UMJeremy 17 Comments

The List has been released for the Bishop’s Commission to resolve unjust structures and polity in The United Methodist Church.

Filed Under: UMC Tagged With: AWayForward

Weak Link Churches in a Strong Link World

October 20, 2016 by UMJeremy 1 Comment

Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast yields yet another parallel to church structure and processes.

Filed Under: church growth, Church Talk, Group Theory

Catering to Culture: The Real Foundations of the WCA. 01: Partisanship

October 19, 2016 by UMJeremy 18 Comments

A new series on the Wesleyan Covenant Association yields its cultural roots–rather than its biblical grounding–drives the group.

Filed Under: UMC, Wesleyan Covenant Association

The Anointing Card: The Christian Free Pass for Trump

October 14, 2016 by UMJeremy 5 Comments

We cannot excuse Trump’s violations in the past and present because of the possibility of a political deus ex machina in the future.

Filed Under: Church Talk, Politics

Four Questions on Laity Inclusion in ‘A Way Forward’

October 11, 2016 by UMJeremy 6 Comments

Four questions for the organizers of a petition calling for more lay representation on a critical time-sensitive committee in The United Methodist Church.

Filed Under: UMC

The One Thing You Give Up to Join the Wesleyan Covenant Association

October 6, 2016 by UMJeremy 30 Comments

You get all of these things–including everything we’ve withheld from United Methodism–and you only have to give up one thing.

Filed Under: UMC, Wesleyan Covenant Association

Don’t Stop Theologizing

October 4, 2016 by UMJeremy Leave a Comment

Does your church tradition allow for theological inquiry and adaption, or is it merely “comply and apply” denominational beliefs?

Filed Under: Theology

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