Experiencing Silence
Why Silence? Silence has become a commodity in today’s culture. We are inundated on a daily basis with noise. Whether it is the sound of traffic, a TV, a siren, Continue Reading
Category: Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation
PEACE BE WITH YOU, REST IN PEACE
PEACE BE WITH YOU USING SCRIPTURE TO ADDRESS SPIRITUAL DISTRESS AT THE END OF LIFE For ten years, I have ministered in urban areas as a hospital chaplain (initially in Continue Reading
Mastering Calling Comprehension: Answer God’s Call with Clarity & Confidence
If you could ask God one question, what would it be? “A USA Today poll found that if people could ask God just one question, most would want to know: Continue Reading
Hope for Psychology-integrated Preaching: The Hope-based Dynamic Spiritual Care Assessment Model
Arguably, preaching is the most popular medium for pastoral care in churches.[1] Accompanying this central role of care is a deep commitment to its effectiveness, particularly in relating the hope Continue Reading
Seeking Sanctuary
This blog is about seeking sanctuary in the Word of God. It addresses the precipitous decline in Scripture as a source of refuge and safety for contemporary Protestants, especially the Continue Reading
Just As I Am: Believer’s Baptism and Intellectual Disability
Introduction I have a friend named Billy. Billy has been a part of my worshiping community at First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia for about six years. He sits toward the Continue Reading
The Importance of Reflexivity in Cultivating Pastoral Preaching in Response to Communal Trauma
Laying down your life means making your own faith and doubt, hope and despair, joy and sadness, courage and fear available to others as ways of getting in touch with Continue Reading
Ecclesiastical Mentors for Women In Ministry
Developing Intentional Ecclesiastical Mentors for Women in Ministry “Encouraging and Strengthening Others” The locally established African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Women in Ministry groups could benefit from employing their Continue Reading
Living Your Methodist Identity: Recovering the Class Meeting for Disciple Building
And Jesus said to them. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name Continue Reading
A Living Hope: Preaching Eschatology
The Problem: A Lack of Eschatological Vision Nearly fifty years ago, in 1971, John Lennon issued his now famous sociological and theological dare to “imagine there’s no heaven.”1 During the Continue Reading