No matter what our lesser rules or rulings might say, our United Methodist constitution declares: “The United Methodist Church acknowledges that all persons are of sacred worth. All persons without regard to race, color, national origin, status, or economic condition, shall be eligible to attend its worship services, participate in its programs, receive the sacraments, […]
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“By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps…. How could we sing the Lord’s song as slaves in foreign land?” Psalm 137 Today, I sat on my porch nearly in tears as I read the […]
The upcoming General Conference on human sexuality will say more about our understanding of God than our understanding of human sexuality. Will we affirm that “we are incorporated into God’s mighty acts of salvation and given new birth through water and the Spirit” and that “all this is God’s gift, offered to us without price?” […]
The Bible and Homosexuality A Way Forward Thoughts by Pastor Paul Purdue As United Methodists, “We believe the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments, reveals the Word of God so far as it is necessary for our salvation. It is to be received through the Holy Spirit as the true rule and guide for […]
Once upon a time a subsistence sharecropper was plowing a wealthy land owner’s field. Driven by need the sharecropper plowed past the established edges to increase his narrow margin. The sharecropper borrowed to pay for seed, did all of the work and took all of the risk. At the harvest he surrendered better than half […]
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