Spirituality. Politics. Music. Life.
“In meditation we catch ourselves waging violence on parts of ourselves. This is the seedbed of War. All violence is the act of acting out our own violence toward our own heart.”— Jim Finley I’m doubling-up this week, to catch up with some Advent meditations for you. This one is about PEACE, typically our second […]
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This Fall, I found a social scientist whose new book has been deeply helpful to me, as I try to unpack Hope this Advent season. The book is “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness,” by Jamil Zaki.
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I want to talk about two remarkable clergywomen, and two changes to our church-law that affects both them, and all of us…in a good way. Telling these stories is, in a tangible way, how to describe the changes afoot in the United Methodist Church, and why I continue to be deeply hopeful about our future:
Rev. Jane Graner.
And, KPUMC’s own, Pastor Kay Ash.
Each week, I have the joy of watching a group of parents and children play in Roberts Forest. A few of these are members of our church, but most of them are simply part of the large number of neighbors we serve by maintaining and support that holy space. Also, last week, I watched with […]
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This evening the North Texas Conference of the UMC will ordain an openly gay man who has been faithfully serving the church of my confirmation: Lovers Lane UMC. And this has me thinking about Ed Upton. When I first came to Northaven UMC in mid-2001, Ed was a member of our Staff Parish Relations Committee, […]
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And now, we exhale.At least, I do. Now, except for a few more tiny “jots,” the harm is fully gone. The Original Sin of the United Methodist Discipline regarding human sexuality, the word “Incompatible,” is gone.Everywhere from our polity and law, now. The margin was 76%, and included an amendment that came from an African […]
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Dallas awakes to snow and ice, and flurries continuing to fall as I write, and I’m here to update you again about our ministry helpful our houseless neighbors. Yesterday, it seems to me, was one of those both beautiful and heartbreaking days…especially if you’re going to serve others. We started with our primary mission (IMHO) […]
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