THE PLACE OF EXPERIENCE IN THE THEOLOGICAL PROCESS
When we read the Bible, we come to the Scriptures with predetermined lenses. What we discern to be foundational truths are based on how we read Scripture. In other words, how we come to know Jesus Christ and how we live out the truths of his life in our own lives is a process of receiving truth and thinking about what it means.
YOUTH, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH
After working with youth for 15 years in ministry and then in social services, you get used to hearing a lot of the same questions. The first questions I hear usually go like this. From parents: “Why won’t my child listen to me?” From youth: “Why won’t my parents listen to me?” Even from other youth workers: “How do I get parents and kids to listen to each other?”
10 REASONS WHY I APPRECIATE THE EMC
In the culture in which we find ourselves it is popular to be critical, cynical, and to complain about the deficiencies we see in the world around us. All too often we as the church simply follow suit.
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE EMC, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE GOING
Psalm 13 begins with these words, “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” We do not know exactly what the Psalmist’s circumstances were when he penned these words, but we do hear the agony, the feelings of God having forgotten him, of God hiding His face from the writer.
Judy and Dave in Paraguay: The Unfinished Work
A look at the ministry of Judy and Dave Schmidt
A Look at John Knox and Menno Simons Today
I was baptised as an infant. Don’t be too shocked, please. I was rebaptized as an adult.
PRACTICAL PACIFISM, NONVIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE
When we think of pacifism, it is unlikely that we apply it to our workplace. Most of us don’t engage in fisticuffs with our boss.
CHANGE, WRONG REASONS, RIGHT REASONS, AND TWO CONSIDERATIONS
The theme of this weekend is Inviting Healthy Change.
Why Do We Call This Friday ‘Good’?
Any way you look at it, there’s so little to admire or even to consider good about Good Friday.
Caring for the Land: Finding Our Way Back to the Garden
Many years ago, when the earth was younger than it is today, there was a beautiful garden full of trees producing edible fruits and nuts in what is now the man-made desert of Iraq.
Preparations of the Heart
I must have appeared perplexed as I was sitting in my easy chair when my wife Emily walked in the room. “What’s wrong?” she inquired. I replied slowly and honestly, “Someone is wrong on the Internet.”
Communion: Jesus Changed the Covenant
In Matthew 26 the disciples followed Jesus’ instruction and prepared the Passover meal.
Believer’s Baptism: Stay With What the Bible Teaches!
As we celebrate the 500-year anniversary of the Reformation there is much to celebrate. One of the things to celebrate is the rediscovery of believer’s baptism.
Using the Apostles Creed in Worship
How can we use the Apostles’ Creed as a resource for our churches and apply it in our individual lives?