A Peculiar Prophet

In a spirit of itineracy, the Bishop's blog is moving to a new web page. You can now find Bishop Willimon's blogs, articles, videos,...

Service of Ordination, 2012 Matthew 28:5-8, 16-20 These persons before you, our newest clergy, tonight pledge their lives to one of t...

One of our Conference priorities is empowering and reaching a new generation of United Methodist Christians. A rising median age of our ch...

When Jesus rose from the dead the disciples were told, “Don’t be afraid.” Those who knew Jesus best, and were in turn known best by him, k...

On the cross, Jesus gets into it with his mother. “Woman, behold thy son,” he says to her. Mary, look at the child you are losing, the son...

I am sometimes asked why so many of our Methodists have actively opposed Alabama’s controversial Immigration Law. Many of our leading educ...

On the night a squad of soldiers arrested him, Jesus mocked them, undaunted, asking if they were armed to the teeth to arrest him, an unar...