During the late spring/early summer of 2015 I found myself traveling across the state of Texas speaking to members of the five regions of the Eighth Episcopal District of the Continue Reading
Dropping the Baton… At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio the U.S. Women’s 4×100 relay team was disqualified during the finals qualifying heat when Allyson Felix dropped the baton after Continue Reading
An Education for Life Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was founded in 1868 by Hawaiian missionary and an agent of the Freedman’s Bureau Samuel Chapman Armstrong, three years after Continue Reading
INTRODUCTION What does it mean in particular to be a Christian and to be Vietnamese-American, and what makes it unique? For many second-generation Vietnamese Americans, knowing how to express their Continue Reading
Introduction to Ministry Context National Wesleyan Church (NWC)is a predominantly Afro Caribbean/African congregation located in the City of Hyattsville, MD, approximately one mile outside the Nation’s Capital, Washington DC. The Continue Reading
WELCOME TO THIS BLOG AN OLD PROBLEM For over two centuries African-American pastors and spiritual leaders have been perceived to be demigods, demagogues, and/or deliverers. Such a perception births a Continue Reading
The Korean Mission United Methodist Church is located far from places where Koreans are much more populous. It is a bit as if it were located in a remote, out-of-touch Continue Reading
Blog Written by Jacinta Marie Neilly Introduction: Reviving Our Tradition of Lament Perhaps you or someone you know is facing a tragic loss of life. Sadness, anger, and/or numbness are Continue Reading
The Small Membership Church A growing demographic across the landscape of the formerly mainline denominations is the small membership congregation. While small churches are not a new phenomenon, the frequency Continue Reading
“Let me not die while I am still alive.”[1] Such a profound revelation could only be spoken by someone lost in deep despair. Someone who has experienced the unexpected Continue Reading