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
Category: Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation
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
A Black Narrative Pulpit
A BLACK NARRATIVE PULPIT The Narrative Lectionary as a tool for Christian Transformation I love the Black Church and I cherish being part of a uniquely American tradition layered with Continue Reading
Plenty Good Room: Reclaiming Hospitality in the Black Church
Why Hospitality in the Black Church? In contemporary American culture, we often hear how many congregations are in drastic decline and in some cases struggling to survive. This is especially Continue Reading
Intimacy with Christ through Contemplative Prayer
Seeking Intimacy with Christ Our church recently had a college Ministry Celebration Sunday to hear various testimonies from local college students about how the local Wesley Foundation http://www.ungwesley.org/ has deepened Continue Reading
Encountering Violent Texts in Scripture: A Study in Communal Hermenutics
Introduction One Sunday I was in worship at Christ United Methodist Church in Franklin, TN watching our children perform the musical, “Moses and the Freedom Fanatics”. I wasn’t in the Continue Reading