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The Rev. Jeremy Smith, Hacking Christianity
Newest Articles
Is your Pastor a Reader or a Listener?
Knowing one’s self allows for clarity for others to know how to help you lead–and how you can be a better leader by giving others what they need as well.
We Called It: Looking back at the Rise of the Global Methodist Church
On the eve of the launch of the GMC, it’s time to look down memory lane and see what we wrote about its parent: the WCA.
Shall Progressives Inherit the United Methodist Church? No. Not yet.
With the GMC starting on May 1st, progressives and conservatives alike are claiming this will lead to a progressive takeover of The UMC. It won’t.
Global Methodist Church: Where did it come from?
The GMC is the latest in a long line of disgruntled Methodists who have removed people, property, and finances from The UMC.
Church and Christian Reflections
Varied reflections on Christian topics, including Church in a time of COVID-19.
Making sense of theology with charts
Our most popular content is these charts that are reproducable for individual or group study.
Geek Gospel
Every genre can be a Sacred Text. Discover more about yours, or find a new one today!
Recent Articles
What happens when we apply a Computer Coding debate to Christian Doctrine?
How a conflict in computer coding philosophies informs Christian beliefs on doctrine and practice.
Sci-fi Time Loops show us that Sacred Stories break cycles
A time loop allows us to learn what really helps us out of cycles of harm and difficulty.
The best $500 camera setup that I actually use for online worship in COVID-19
The best $500 you can spend to have brighter, better sounding, and better positioned videos for online worship.
Tetris and Advent [Geek Gospel]
Could a 30 year old video game inform an ancient practice of Advent…for today?
A Wrinkle in Time’s Watered Down Theology
A guest post by a reader who found a disconnect between the spirituality of the book and the one depicted in the movie
What Are You Prepared To Do For Justice?
A question of commitment keeps me coming back to two movies and their evaluations of the fuzzy line of justice.
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United Methodism (and whatever comes next)
Recent Articles
Relief or Ruin? General Conference postponed to 2024
General Conference has been postponed until 2024–here’s what progressives, conservatives, and bishops have in response.
State of the UMC in 1000 words, part 3
The Ghost of Methodism Future is finally here. Will we avoid the future we don’t want?
State of the UMC in 1000 words, part 2
The UMC is stuck “in the meantime” while the WCA thrives “in the mean time”
State of the UMC in 1000 words, part 1
A primer on the history that led us to this situation in The UMC and a lament of what could have been.
