Toward a common sense solution on immigration
For years, the U.S. has had growing immigration issues. It is estimated that there are now over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. The contributing factors are complex....
View ArticleVisit with me
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8)I’ve been praying and...
View ArticleFreedom Sundays throughout July
World Hope International encourages Wesleyans to join their month-long Freedom Sundays campaign. The campaign engages churches to fight human trafficking, both via awareness advocacy as well as...
View ArticleDon’t let July pass without a Freedom Sunday
World Hope Freedom Sundays campaign info and materials. We just celebrated Independence Day in the U.S., and what better way to celebrate your freedom than to help bring freedom to others? Just as we...
View ArticleBefore the lights go out
The warning is clear. The church must return to its first love for Jesus in all she does or her lights will go out.The church in Ephesus was the best church of all those mentioned in the New Testament....
View ArticleOne Day in Milwaukee
At the conclusion of an inspiring Wisconsin District Conference held at Transformation City Church, in the heart of Milwaukee, Dr. JoAnne Lyon led us in a prayer of commitment, asking God to break our...
View ArticleWhat book guides you?
I have read more books this year, since January 1, than any year in recent memory. That’s not a boast; it’s just a fact. I often have multiple books going at once. I have a book in the headboard of my...
View ArticlePriorities to think about
I grew up in a home where Matthew 25:21 was often repeated aloud: “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and...
View ArticleWho is Kenneth Kaunda? What manuscript?
It appears that Wesleyan Archives is holding an original typed carbon manuscript of the book Zambia Shall Be Free, Kaunda’s first book. The book has historical significance, because it contributed to...
View ArticleMy kind of church
Recently I came upon a book of advice for pastors. It’s interesting and enjoyable but I was troubled by the author’s attitude toward what he saw as the typical church. He had an adversarial attitude,...
View ArticleHe knows your language
When a potentially damaging storm threatens, I have sometimes joked that if the lights go out, we will have to watch television by candlelight. I learned recently about places in the world where people...
View ArticleFive responses to the Letter from Birmingham Jail
In the spring of 1963 eight white clergymen in Birmingham, Alabama, wrote an open letter with a thinly veiled reference to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as an “outsider” provoking their community. This...
View ArticleSpirit dependent
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God (Romans 8:14).The majority of parents desire for their children to represent them well. This journey of mimicking our elders is...
View ArticleThe ministry of welcoming
One of the defining marks of the people of God is their care, compassion, and active love towards the triad of the oppressed: the widow, the orphan, and the immigrant. Jesus said that his sheep would...
View ArticleMy daughter, the shoplifter
When I was in first grade, I announced to my teacher and the entire class that my mother was pregnant with a baby boy. This was a bold-faced lie. In all fairness, I hadn’t intended to tell such a...
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