I recently received the list of every United Methodist Church with more than 60 in weekly worship attendance.  The  General Council on Finance and Administration of the United Methodist Church collects this information.  The data is 15 months old, but is the most current information available.  I thought you might find some of this  interesting.
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After two months of waiting my iPad 3G finally arrived last Friday (April 30).  To be honest, I ordered it before the machine had even been released, having never held one or even seen one in person.  Something about it struck me as important and intriguing.  I decided to wait for the 3G version so [...]

I’ve been asked on several occasions lately if the frequency of earthquakes since the first of the year is a sign of the End Times.  I’d love to devote a bit more time to a discussion of the End Times, but for now I simply wanted to encourage you, if you’ve wondered about this, to [...]

Oral Roberts died today (December 15) at the age of 91.  I shook his hand, once; heard him speak on numerous occasions while a student at Oral Roberts University; and watched a dozen video tapes of his teaching for a course all students at ORU were required to take to graduate, “The Holy Spirit in [...]

I read the following on the Preaching Today website and thought it was excellent.  Stanley Grenz is deceased, but was an important theologian and one I’ve appreciated.  As Church of the Resurrection is rethinking how we celebrate Christmas this year, I thought our members might enjoy this article:
“On the first day of Christmas my true [...]

Tonight we held a forum on health care reform at Church of the Resurrection.  To “See Gray” is to listen to people who disagree with you, to try to understand where they are coming for, and to be willing to admit that they may have part of the truth.  Our aim in this health care [...]

I was asked this week if I would discuss the morality of providing access to affordable health care coverage for all Americans on Lou Dobbs program on CNN.  It was an interesting experience.  I went to Take 2 studio here in Kansas City and sat in front of a camera with an earpiece so I [...]

General Motors just confirmed that it will eliminate it’s Pontiac division and reduce the number of dealerships by 42% in an attempt to avoid bankruptcy and to return to health and viability.  I wonder what lessons there may be for the United Methodist Church in this announcement?  One question that comes immediately to mind is:  [...]

This weekend was our Spring Confirmation weekend.  On Friday night I met with our 136 confirmands to talk with them about what it means to be a Christ-follower and to invite them to commit their lives to him.  As a part of this retreat each year I invite our young adults to consider a call [...]

As I write this post we are heading our for Sunday morning worship at the Garden of Gethsemane, then our people have a free day with several optional things to explore or do on their own.  This evening we’ll be boarding our plane back to the U.S.
On Friday and Saturday of this week we retraced [...]