(RNS) While many evangelical church bodies have reiterated their “no” to homosexuality — and most mainline Protestant traditions have said “yes”… read more

I spent a portion of my morning today in the United Methodist General Conference press room watching the plenary session dealing with the controversial Rule 44. Rule 44 was… read more

There's been a lot of talk about covenants in United Methodist circles as we approach the 2016 General Conference. Unfortunately, most of it has been in reference to the Book of… read more

Just recently my local church hosted another installment in the Unity Dialogues. These dialogues have been an ongoing project in my conference for the past 20 years, in an attempt … read more

When Peter and the apostles were brought before the council in Jerusalem for questioning as to why they continued to teach and preach the gospel, they answered, “We must… read more

The 2016 General Conference of the United Methodist Church is less than 40 days away, so the online chatter about hot-button issues is reaching a fever pitch. Predictably, it is… read more