Think Global, Sit Local
This is my office. I think you’d like it. My office in Indianapolis isn’t a lot like me, but this one in Baltimore is. It’s upstairs, right between our bedroom and the TV/exercise room. One wall is dominated by a world map that Yvonne framed for me. The landmasses are outlined in blue and it [...]
Continue ReadingReally good Cinnamon comes from Sri Lanka
I ran out of cinnamon. On Christmas morning. Right in the middle of making cinnamon rolls, while most of the family still slept. I make them enough on special occasions that although it’s not quite a tradition, it’s at least a habit, almost a vice. But, as you can guess from their very name, without [...]
Continue ReadingPhrases that get my goat
Please step away from the phrase, “Jesus is the reason for the season.” I have a thesaurus and I know how to use it. Step away from the phrase and no one gets hurt. I understand that “reason” and “season” rhyme, and as a person with a penchant for the odd pun or alliterative delight [...]
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Working Together
Not everybody has the same idea about leadership. I see the different views on the local, conference, and general-church level: Two different expectations about how the church should be led. The one view recognizes the wisdom generated in the church and looks to boards to set the course…this view sees the pastor as the implementer [...]
Continue ReadingAlways Noon
I wouldn’t have thought of night. Had I invented everything…designed a cosmos that whirled around itself and a cute planet with clouds, I might have thought of clouds as a water-delivery system but it never would have occurred to me to let the whole thing rest every day. In fact, I wouldn’t have thought of [...]
Continue ReadingTown Hall
Bishops Matthew Thomas, David Kendall and David Roller gathered in the sanctuary of John Wesley FMC in Indianapolis as hundreds watched online during the Town Hall Meeting on April 11th. Read the story and watch the video ...
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