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September 2016
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Last week I learned through social media that the founder and former director of Mountain T.O.P., George Bass, passed away. Since 1975, churches from all across the country have be...
August 2016
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My heart is breaking for the growing number of black men and women killed by police: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Jamar Clark, Philando Cas...
stockfotoart / 123RF Stock Photo “How can that be? Everybody that I know…” Fill in the blank … “votes a particular way or believes a certain way or acts a certain way.” When we re...
Reverend Adriano Kilende and members from his United Methodist congregation in Lubango, Angola, met with the representatives of Higher Education and Ministry, Discipleship Ministri...
lomachevsky / 123RF Stock Photo I know a number of parents whine about the amount of time their kids play video games. I’m a little different in that I give my teenage son a hard ...
“Children of Promise: Closing Opportunity Gaps” How will you observe Children's Sabbath? Every year someone asks me, "What is Children's Sabbath"? Each year I offer the same respon...
My colleagues and friends, Melanie C. Gordon, Chris Wilterdink, and I have written some new resources for Covenant Discipleship. Discipleship Resources will publish them soon, mayb...
2016 is a general election and General Conference year. Acts of justice are very much on my mind. Jesus Christ calls his followers to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:25-3...
What does Scripture affirm about small groups? Scott and Steve explore four passages that help ground small group ministry. Steve also discusses the Methodist movement’s use of th...
violin / 123RF Stock Photo Have you ever had the experience of trying to decide on a large purchase and finding yourself returning to the first item you saw? Perhaps the purchase ...
sangoiri / 123RF Stock Photo Can we acknowledge we are not as certain or as knowledgeable as we pretend to be? Reading Thinking, Fast and Slow late last year has influenced the wa...
First, let's admit that there are some pretty significant concerns on the radar of the United Methodist Church right now. Some would say these changes that came out of General Conf...
This was originally broadcast LIVE on August 2nd. Fast-forward past the 5 minute preview video. LIVE: Dallas and DiscipleshipRev. Junius B. Dotson shares THREE WAYS to engage unchu...
July 2016
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During the review and evaluation of the third annual Anglophone Writers’ Workshop of the African Association of United Methodist Theological Institutions (AAUMTI) participants nam...
It’s been more than a decade and a half and five General Conferences since Henry Knight and Don Saliers wrote The Conversation Matters: Why United Methodists Should Talk with One ...
The E-Reader Project received a warm welcome from students and teachers at Emilio De Carvalho Theological Institute in West Angola. The project’s team distributed more devices to ...
A Message for all of you – friends and colleagues providing leadership within camp retreat ministry: A while back, I was talking with my daughter, Briana, who is now 30. She reflec...
Copyright: wavebreakmediamicro / 123RF Stock Photo Continuing our blog series on the seasons of adulthood, we note that marriage is something most adults will either aspire to be ...
June 2016
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The Malawi Publications Team was organized in 2009 and since then has been working hand in hand with the conference leaders to produce leadership resources for the pastors and for ...
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