With gratitude to Mary Alderson, premier Bible Study Leader, for pointing me to this song — You can throw small stones, but I won’t fall downI’ve been lifted up from the battlegroundEvery word they say, I’ll let it fade away‘Cause…

Communion isn’t a reward for having the right answers. It’s an open table for hungry people. No checklist, no condemnation, just an invitation. —GINGER E. GAINES-CIRELLI 

From the Foundry United Methodist Church’s GINGER E. GAINES-CIRELLI comes this helpful wisdom. May her words help you and me as we move on through this Week we in the Church call especially a Holy one —  Faith isn’t the…

Today you and I conclude my Lenten2026 series with a final excerpt from The Last Supper, the most recent book by retired United Methodist Bishop William Willimon. It was one of the best of the several that accompanied me on…

Yesterday’s reporting here of a conversation continues with Willimon — A fellow church member countered, “My point was not that we ought to try to be a good neighbor to help them, but rather, maybe they could help us to…

With gratitude to a friend who forwarded the original piece* to me, here’s David French — I never thought it would be Christians who led the attack on fundamental Christian values, but here we are. The Book of Hebrews says “For…

Sure, we ought to love everybody and though I don’t want to turn anybody away our church I just don’t think it’s biblical to affirm people with those lifestyles. — So said a church member to Bishop William Willimon. The…

Meg Bucher’s clarifying answer – – – “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a cold, the foal of a donkey.” (Zechariah 9:9 NIV) Palm…

My friend and colleague Angie Lee wrote the following for the Belleville (IL) UMC newsletter, and I share it here with her graciously expressed permission — When I was a seminary student, I served as a chaplain at a Retirement …

Being a United Methodist Christian, Willimon calls us all to action — “Go and do likewise” suggests missional intent. We can’t be faithful just hanging around the church; we’ve got to be out and about on the road. We are…