How should we “read” John Wesley? And why is he important for people today? These are important questions for Methodists, most of whom consider…
Maxie Dunnam ~ Deliverance through Thanksgiving
One of our big failures as Christians is our continual refusal to discipline ourselves in living with the word of God. We need to…
Kevin Watson ~ Christianity with a Wesleyan Accent: Wesleyan Doctrine
Though Wesleyans are most committed to offering Christ, not to being distinct from other Christian traditions, there are differences in Christian traditions because various…
Matt Sigler ~ Fragmented by Age: Liturgy & Families
Several weeks ago, as I was running errands, I heard my two-year old son exclaim from the backseat of our car, “Oh my God!”…
Bishop Sarah Davis ~ Attitudes in Need of Adjustment
Today, in Houston, Texas, friends and family of Bishop Sarah Frances Davis are gathered in sorrow, thanksgiving and joy. They are gathered in sorrow,…
Jessica LaGrone ~ Show and Tell
This summer I spent a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico at a writer’s conference. I’ve attended a few of these over the years…
Jack Jackson ~ Evangelism: ESJ’s Roundtable Conversations
Evangelism is a natural and necessary element of multifaith conversations from Wesleyan perspectives. True conversation by Wesleyans means true announcement of the good news…
Elizabeth Glass Turner ~ A Reasonable Doubt
On a recent hot summer day, I pulled down the flap of my mailbox and discovered an official-looking summons. For the first time in…
Ken Loyer ~ Graciousness: An Endangered Virtue
In elementary school, children learn about endangered species, those animals that have become so uncommon that their ongoing existence as a species is at…
Andrew C. Thompson ~ Salvation: The Church’s First Mission
H. Richard Niebuhr summed up the mainline Protestant view on the coming kingdom of God with the statement: “A God without wrath brought men…