Earlier this week I found what I think will become a new favorite show – Better Off Ted. Besides feeling a connection with Phil and Lem, I found myself reflecting on life in the UMC. I appreciate the four areas of focus from the 2008 General Conference as it sometimes seems as if the denomination […]
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Earlier this week I found what I think will become a new favorite show – Better Off Ted. Besides feeling a connection with Phil and Lem, I found myself reflecting on life in the UMC. I appreciate the four areas of focus from the 2008 General Conference as it sometimes seems as if the denomination […]
United Methodist News Service = FAIL This morning I was reading news on the USA Today app on my iPhone when I came across this headline, Methodists defeat gay-related membership policy, with the lead sentence: United Methodists have defeated amendments that would have made church membership open to all Christians regardless of sexual orientation and […]
Yesterday was the third and final day that I was a part of General Conference in person. Opening worship was excellent including a convicting sermon by Bishop João Somane Machado of the Mozambique Annual (regional) Conference. He had some convicting words for the United Methodist Church, in effect – what happened to the spiritual fervor […]
Part of the Kansas delegation from the General Conference 2008 Photo Gallery It has been another amazingly full day. Again, I do not know how the delegates are going to have the physical stamina to make it through the rest of the conference. I am already getting worn out. Here are some thoughts from the […]
I arrived in Fort Worth today made it to the hotel and quickly hopped on the shuttle to go to the Convention Center to see what there was to see. I forgot my camera at home, so don’t plan on any picture 😦 I was pretty bummed about that, but am getting over it. A […]
Along with a group of clergy from Resurrection, I am traveling to Fort Worth to experience several days of the 2008 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. This is a global gathering that happens every four years and is the only body that can speak for the denomination. I am looking forward to see, […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 