I thank God that General Conference is not the church.  Yes, General Conference makes high level decisions about official policy.  Gen...

     Nearly every day at General Conference, when lay and clergy delegates from all over the world meet to renew and reset our direction a...

     Big, sprawling organizations, like our United Methodist denomination, need a book, a constitution if you will, our ideals and way of ...

     Sometimes I've used this blog to summarize, review or comment on a book - and I'd like to do that now, having just finished A...

    When we finished watching the marvelous film, “Spotlight,” I felt the clear urge to apologize on behalf of all Christians everywhere, ...

     Another highly publicized court case, another verdict, or lack of one, the news received with delight and relief by some, greeted wit...

Naively, many Americans thought we figured out the problem of race when the Civil Rights laws were passed, or maybe later when schools wer...