If you’ve been part of a marching band, you know how intricate the planning is for halftime. I spent the last 16 years in…
How Is Community Possible? A Note from Nouwen
In 2,000 years of church history, you will find an ebb and flow of opportunities seized and opportunities lost. While church history is often…
A Trauma Survivor’s Advice for Surviving a Global Crisis
Our Wesleyan tradition holds a rich heritage of understanding the way the whole of our created being functions. We share a long history of…
Giving Testimony: The Call to Be a Witness
One of the wonderful things we do at World Methodist Evangelism is training leaders all over the world to show and share the love…
Fruitfulness through Faithfulness
I have found Psalm 1 to be a guiding principle in my life and ministry; it speaks to my theology and character as a…
Practicing Covenant Leadership: The Virtues of Christ
In our particular cultural moment, have you noticed a longing for values or traits that may seem absent in public life? Warren Bennis famously…
How to Pray in Active Waiting
I am horrible at waiting. I don’t always hate waiting itself, but I have expectations. When something is not done in the timeframe I…
Three Reasons You Should Download a Daily Office App
What is essential reading for you every day? I don't think I'm alone sensing an increase in "noise" when I read. If I go…
What Is the Proper Response to Pressure?
Rev. Kaloma Smith, Senior Pastor of University AME Zion in Palo Alto, examines wisdom from Acts 12 for times when pressure is on the…
