What joy- to weep as I helped Rev. Shirley Renee Franklin place a stole over our beloved Jefferson Furtado. Tears welled up as Margaret Williams placed the stole on Nancy Parker: linking us all again to her beloved Rev. Michael Williams, who now dwells with the Great Cloud of Witnesses- no doubt swapping tales with […]
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Why did it take our Methodist Church some 1956 years to live into Jesus’ Easter commission of women preachers? How do we square Paul’s teachings about women with the words and spirit of Jesus ? Why are we so slow to follow? Luke chapter 10 begins with Jesus sending out 72 disciples healing and proclaiming that “The kingdom of God has come near […]
