Fear and the Syrian Refugees
If your Facebook newsfeed is at all like mine, it’s full of posts about the Syrian refugee crisis. I thought I’d add to the conversation...
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Oprah’s “Belief”
Last month LaVon and I were invited to Montecito, California, to preview a seven-part television series produced by Oprah Winfrey called Belief. ...
The Bible and the Supreme Court on Same Sex Marriage
Yesterday morning the U.S. Supreme Court delivered an historic decision that same-sex couples had the right to marry in the United States. Their...
Same Sex Marriage and the Future of the UMC
A year ago, with input from others, I wrote a blog post called, A Way Forward for a United Methodism?. In it we offered suggestions for how the...
Discipleship, Worship, and Earth Day
Today is officially Earth Day. The first Earth Day was observed April 22, 1970, the brainchild of Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin who...
What Should Be Done About ISIS?
I have had several of you write me regarding Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly’s call for pastors to speak about ISIS (click here to see the...
Divisions in Our Church, Divisions in Our Nation
I spent 24 hours this week meeting with a group of 16 leaders in the United Methodist Church discussing the issue of homosexuality and if there is a...
A Response to Rob Renfroe's Open Letter
Yesterday Rob Renfroe, a United Methodist pastor and the president of Good News, sent me a letter (found here) with a critique of the document A Way...
A Way Forward for a United Methodism?
Over the last couple of months, a group of 80 United Methodist pastors have been meeting by conference call to discuss their response to clergy in the...
Homosexuality, The Bible, and The United Methodist Church
This week Bishop Martin McLee of the New York Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church announced that he was dismissing a church trial...
A Letter From the President
I received the note above from the President this morning thanking me for preaching at the National Prayer Service and including a word of...
Lessons from Moses: 2013 Inaugural Prayer Service Sermon
Today I was honored to deliver the sermon at the National Prayer Service following yesterday's Inauguration. I'll write more later about my entire...