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Methodists Make Bonhoeffer a Martyr

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

The United Methodist New Service published this story last week noting that at General Conference almost two months ago German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was named the first official martyr to be recognized by the denomination.
Of course we all know Bonhoeffer’s now near legendary story.  It is arbitrarily lifted by academics in ethics courses as the [...]

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Back at it Next Week

May 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

So, I’ve been really busy this week and haven’t had time to blog.  I’ve been at Annual Conference in Tulsa until yesterday.  For those that are unfamiliar, AC is basically a huge committee meeting for United Methodists. Anyway, I’ll be back to my normal routine next week.

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Thoughts on Homosexuality

April 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I wrote an article on homosexuality for the MoSAIC blog, a subsidy of Reconciling Ministries Network, the other day. Here is the full text of the article. You can also read it and the comments on the MoSAIC blog.

I am confident that 50, maybe 75 years from now we will have resolved the [...]

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