A Peculiar Prophet

***Disclaimer: this post is not written by Will Willimon. Bishop Willimon invited Jason Byassee and Andrew C. Thompson to respond to critici...

We opened Annual Conference this year with our Conference Statistician (and Connectional Ministries Director) Lori Carden, giving ...

***Disclaimer: this post is not written by Will Willimon. Bishop Willimon invited Jason Byassee and Andrew C. Thompson to respond to critici...

Service of Ordination Canterbury United Methodist Church Birmingham, Alabama June 4, 2010 11The gifts he gave were that some would be apo...

***Disclaimer: this post is not written by Will Willimon. I recently received my Olan Mills' 8 x 10 portrait photograph in the mail this...

A couple of decades ago, in a sincere attempt to make our churches more accessible and welcoming to children, some of our churches adopted a...

“The Lord will preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore.” On a day last spring I returned home (the ...

Every person who joins the North Alabama Cabinet including our newest members: Lori Carden, Sherill Clontz and Bill Brunson read a book that...

How do we Methodists define effective clergy? We do it with one word: growth. Effective clergy know how to grow the church in its membership...

All of the gospels depict Jesus and his disciples as people on the move. They never stay anywhere long. Jesus teaches or performs some wonde...

Some of our pastors will be moving to new churches in a few weeks. Later this year Westminster John Knox Press will publish a collection of ...

Some of our pastors will be saying good bye to their present congregations as they move to new congregations in the next few weeks. Later th...