It’s 2:00 a.m. and I’m just getting ready for bed after a long day at General Conference. The day began with in a most amazing way. Bishops and the heads of our General Agencies cast several visions for our denomination for the next four years and beyond - visions that were specific, exciting, [...]
Last night General Conference began in Fort Worth, Texas. This event, held once every four years, brings together the Council of Bishops and 900 delegates (1/2 laity, 1/2 clergy) from around the world in order to seek God’s will and to set the direction for our denomination for the next four years and beyond. We’ll [...]
I just finished speaking to our Spring confirmation class - 136 excited and energized 7th graders (and a few older youth as well) who are preparing to publicly profess their faith in Christ on Sunday. As a part of my talk with the group each semester I invite them commit their lives to Christ and [...]
This last week Lisa Miller of Newsweek called to talk with me about my chapter on abortion in my new book, Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White. The article is a short one that you can read here entitled, “
How Would Jesus Choose?” Already I’ve been forwarded links where folks, [...]
My heart is still beating fast from watching the Jayhawks come back from a nine point deficit with two minutes left to tie the game at two seconds and send the National Championship into overtime, and then winning in overtime. Unbelieveable! Congratulations all you KU fans! There are a undoubtedly a host of life lessons [...]
Ten years ago LaVon bought me my first telescope (a 4″dobsonion reflector). This last week, after years of looking and dreaming, I bought a new telescope (an 8″ Meade LX90 Schmidt-Cassegrain I picked up on e-bay). The scope arrived on Friday, but I didn’t have time to set it up and try it [...]
I’m in San Diego today to speak to the students at Point Loma University in their chapel service, then to speak at a luncheon at the City Club of San Diego and finally at an evening lecture at First United Methodist Church of San Diego, before flying back to K.C. I’m speaking on the topic [...]
Two years ago I sat down with a 24-year-old young man named John who gave me eight reasons he was not a Christian. As we talked it became apparent that he was not rejecting Jesus, but a particular version of Christianity; a version that saw the world in black and white terms that made [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
