As I mentioned in this post, I spent much of last week at the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church, held in Lake Junaluska, NC. I was actually elected as a reserve delegate to the Conference, so it was an honor to go. The Southeastern Jurisdiction of the UMC covers the states from Read the full article…
So we started Things Jesus Never Said yesterday. To find out more about the series, check here. The best moment in our gathering was at the very end. And not because it was time to leave. We had asked the people of the church to email us the names of those people who had been Read the full article…
Say good-bye to Confessions Of A Pastor. And hello to Things Jesus Never Said. For the next six weeks, we’ll explore what Jesus really did say by first looking at his words from the perspective of the absurd: what he didn’t say. You know, he never said . . . Stay right where you are Read the full article…
As I mentioned here, our first Thrive Alive outreach event at RiverGate Shopping Center was a roaring success. This weekend, Thrive Alive is at it again. On Saturday, July 19 from 6-8 p.m., the band and supporting team will be at the Plaza Fiesta mall near Carowinds. If you’ve never been, Plaza Fiesta is a Read the full article…
I am in Lake Junaluska, NC for a few days this week at the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church. You can read about it here. Any time I am around this many Methodists, I invariably think about Asbury Seminary. Graduating from that school shaped my Methodist identity more than anything else. There Read the full article…
