Forever Beginning

These are days of discontent and disruption (even despair) in North American Christianity, including United Methodism in the U.S. As someone who is a “cradle Methodist,” who has lived and loved this expression of the church for more than seven decades, I watch the story as it unfolds with the horrid fascination of someone who fears she is seeing a train wreck about to occur.

My regular blog is entitled “Hands of the Strong” focuses on a broader set of reflections on our culture and our world. I will give greater attention to faith and religion on this site — especially the twists and turns in the denominational life of Methodism.

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Learning to Read and Leadership as Art

Early in my ministry two things became apparent: 1) Good preachers, in the United Methodist tradition at least, read and read widely. 2) Leadership, in a parish, community outreach ministry and beyond is at least as much ART as it is SCIENCE.