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The Discomfort of Faith-My Experience at the Methodist General Conference

May 19, 2012May 25, 2012 B. John 431 Views 0 Comments Africa, African, bigotry, bishop, Church, Faith, General Conference, homophobia, Martin Luther King, Methodist Federation for Social Action, Reconciling Ministries Network

I’ve been thinking back over the time I got spend recently at the quadrennial General Conference of the United Methodist Church held here in Tampa this year. It was a big event, and it was a mess from a church polity standpoint. Like Congress, little of great substance was accomplished, and few longstanding issues were resolved, but that may be a good thing. Here, I reflect on the experience.

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Being Friends with God

January 17, 2010August 10, 2015 199 Views 0 Comments Haiti, Martin Luther King, MLK, prayer, Sunday School

Today in Sunday School, We still going through the Rick Warren book. This discussion was about being friends with God. The discussion went off in a number of directions, and I’m not sure how much I got out of this week. Today is also the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so I wanted to work in a reference to that in today’s prayer. I heard a great story this morning on NPR about how King had once been asked, in his teenage years, what he was looking at as he stared out the Window. He was watching the gas lamp lighter going along lighting the gas lights. King said he was watching the man, “knock holes in the darkness.”