Denominations grow when people flock to congregations. Conferences grow when people collaborate with congregations in mission and ministry to spread scriptural holiness through… read more

THIS ISSUE’S TOPIC: What processes, systems, or strategies are the ripest for change in your annual conference? Here’s what some of our readers had to say… read more

With few exceptions, I’ve found serving on conference committees frustrating, tedious, and exasperating. Much conference work is unfocused, disconnected, unfruitful… read more

As a church and as a group of people, United Methodists were forged through the American experience and experiment. Given the present social problems and cultural shifts facing… read more

My twenty-two-year-old son Joey was a phenomenal multisport, multi-position athlete in high school. He had the intangibles necessary to win—a big heart, a perceptive mind… read more

To live out our mission in relevant and vibrant ways, two things are required of us: to multiply disciples and to innovate. We can’t manage, restructure, or cut our way out… read more

The following is an excerpt from the Abingdon Theological Companion to the Lectionary: Preaching Year A edited by Paul Scott Wilson. The Lessons in Précis Acts 10:34-43… read more

Jenee Woodard wants her readers to look deeply into the scriptures of the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) and to listen quietly to the voice not only of the texts themselves, but… read more

When he first discovered the Wesleyan Way of Salvation, Scott Jones found a tradition that made sense of his faith and gave shape to his life. Thirty-five years later, his most… read more

In the past couple of decades the study of scripture is being reframed so that unashamedly theological reading of biblical texts is not only permissible but encouraged. Some of… read more

I have to admit when I learned that a new translation of the Bible was in the works, I looked up at the shelf of Bibles I’ve accumulated over more than 30 years of ministry… read more

The New Testament: Methods and Meanings, Warren Carter and Amy-Jill Levine. Abingdon, 2013 I am bored with my preaching, a colleague said to me recently. And if I’m bored… read more