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Archive for March, 2008
The Firestorm Over Obama’s Preacher
I’ve watched with interest the unfolding controversy over some of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s comments in past sermons. I just finished reading the
transcript of Barak Obama’s speech delivered this morning concerning his relationship with, and the comments of, Pastor Wright. It is worth reading this before commenting on this subject.
Years ago, while […]
Qualities of an Effective Bishop
As I write this post I’m on break from a series of interviews with persons who are being considered for election as bishop in the United Methodist Church. In July of this year delegates from across the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church will meet in Dallas to elect four persons to become […]
General Conference Issue: Divestment from Caterpillar
A petition is coming before the United Methodist Church’s General Conference at its gathering in Fort Worth next month asking the church to divest of its holdings (investments in the United Methodist pension fund) in Caterpillar because Caterpillar supplies bulldozers used by Israel to destroy the homes of Palestinians suspected of, or arrested for, acts […]
A Christian, a Palestinian and a Jew
Tonight I ate supper with a Jewish Rabbi and a Palestinian Muslim. As our meal came we each offered a blessing from our respective traditions. My rabbi friend arranged the dinner with her friend from Gaza and myself. The meal arose out of conversations I have been having with other religious leaders about what role […]
Reflections From Honduras
I spent the last five days in Honduras for the opening of a church building for the United Methodist Church in Ciudad Espana. It was a wonderful experience. Three years ago I was present for the ground breaking. Since then twenty teams from the church have gone to Ciudad Espana both to work on the […]
