A Peculiar Prophet

You probably know that important guides for the Christian faith are the Synoptic Gospels.  Synoptic is a word that comes from the Greek mean...

The theme of the 2008 General Conference was "a future with hope." Our 2008 North Alabama Annual Conference theme is "Hope....

Recently I wrote to our retired pastors asking them to share with me their best insights on the work of pastoral ministry. In their years of...

Who Will Be Saved?  is the central question of my newest book, from  Abingdon Press. In the last few years, teaching and preaching in our ch...

As I wrote last week, as I go about the North Alabama Conference, I repeatedly hear a couple of questions that I would like to attempt to gi...

As I go about the Conference, I've repeatedly heard a couple of questions that I would like to attempt to give an answer. The questions...

And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb…. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man,...

Gerhard Manley Hopkins has a poem in which he inserts the prayer, “Easter in us.” He uses the noun Easter as a verb. “Easter in us.” Let ...

During a great workshop with Tom Bandy at Friendship United Methodist Church (thanks to Mike Stonbraker and Hal Noble for making this happen...

In a workshop with Paul Borden last year, someone asked him, “You are a natural leader in starting new churches. What is the main thing you ...

On Monday, March 31, come hear Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, speak at Highlands United Methodist Church, Birmingham at 7...

Here we are, deep in Lent, Christian season of penitence and introspection, season of admission of sin and confession of our finitude. We a...

On Maundy Thursday, March 20, Patsy and I will leave for Singapore and Malaysia on a mission trip. I have been invited to meet with all the ...

If you are interested in more dialogue about the shortage of and the focus upon young clergy in the United Methodist Church (and truly in mo...

On a mission trip in Honduras a few years ago, we were all sitting with some of the villagers around a fire in the evening. One of the membe...

As part of our Conference-wide celebration of United Methodist believing, I've asked some of our pastors to contribute their thoughts on...

As part of our Conference-wide celebration of United Methodist believing, I've asked some of our pastors to contribute their thoughts on...

Our Conference-wide celebration of United Methodist believing continues with some of our pastors contributing their thoughts on the joy of t...

On Tuesday, February 12th, three 2004 alumni of Duke Divinity School will be on campus to talk to current divinity students about ministry o...

As part of our Conference-wide celebration of United Methodist believing, I've asked some of our pastors to contribute their thoughts on...