At the young adult clergy booth at the Kansas West Annual Conference, participants were invited to add a post it note sharing dreams for The United Methodist Church. The responses were (in no particular order): Be Bold to no longer support abortion All means All.. Love God. Love people. Relevance To respect & value young […]
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At the young adult clergy booth at the Kansas West Annual Conference, participants were invited to add a post it note sharing wisdom for ministry. The responses were (in no particular order): Be who God created you to be. You! Don’t worry. Be happy. 🙂 Have Fun!! 🙂 BE a blessing Quit living in Fear! […]
Yesterday morning I enjoyed an hour with a small group at Resurrection lead by Nancy. My task was to talk about Methodism – at large. I am passionate about knowing who I am as a United Methodist and helping others claim their identity as well. I began by asking for questions. I sought to respond […]
I received this question in the open forum at the end of Discussions on The Shack last Thursday. I am going to direct back to several posts that I have written in the past on this topic. Christianity and Other Religions Good News for All Can one be saved by faith in God alone, without faith […]
Various forms of this question were also common last Thursday at Discussions on The Shack. Also the follow up question of – Is this depiction of God okay? I believe that God was depicted as a woman in this book to provoke strong reactions in people and push the reader out of her or his […]
Out of all the questions that I received last Thursday at Discussions on The Shack, I experienced this as the most pressing from those that were there. All quotes come from Young, William Paul. The Shack. Los Angeles: Windblown Media, 2007. Here are a few my areas of disagreement… The church “‘It’s simple, Mack. It’s all […]
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Responsibility in the Bible
I had some great questions from Discussions on The Shack and wanted to respond to one of them today. Yes. Responsibility is mentioned in the Bible. According to a keyword search at http://tniv.info “responsibility” is mentioned 12 times. It may be different in other translations. Look for more responses on Monday…
I received this question from a blog reader like you. Do you have a question? Check out this post to let me know. At The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, our facilities are fully accessible according to ADA guidelines. In regard to the particular questions from the reader: Is it easy to get in […]
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Questions?
The Top 10 Posts of 2008 were nearly all questions from you to which I responded here at Thoughts of Resurrection. What questions do you have for me as a young United Methodist pastor serving at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection? Theology, practice of ministry, leadership, worship, internet campus, life at Resurrection, story? […]
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God and the Bailout Plan
I received the following question in an email from a member of the congregation Question: I was at a fundraiser for brain cancer this weekend and I was approached by someone and asked what I thought about the financial bailout bill. After I offered my opinion and we talked about it for a few minutes, […]
Email Received: I’m still trying to deal with the fact that I am a divorced man. Life has been strange. I am dating someone who was a friend of mine for many years. It started out as a mutual enjoyment of an activity. We would take part in the activity. In between we would discuss […]
Email Received: I am writing because I have a few questions I need help with. I am recently divorced. It seems my wife didn’t understand that you are not supposed to date other people when you are married. We tried to work it out the first time 3 years ago, but the second time she […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 