Inclusivism as religious ideology has been around for several decades now.  When it is at its best inclusivism has reminded us that since God shows no partiality, we should make sure that our language and actions show no partiality.   Christian sensitivity should avoid stereotypes bas...

“The State of the Church,” an in-depth study of United Methodism conducted by the Connectional Table has been around for some months now.  Its purpose is to “promote conversations…about our life together and our faithfulness in the future,” especially in preparation for General Conference.&nbsp...

If all goes as planned, United Methodists will be concentrating on four areas of focus over the next four years.  Led by the Council on Bishops, with a commitment from boards and agencies and other areas of church life, the General Conference will shift resources and redirect mission and progra...

In a few months the General Conference of the United Methodist Church will be debating a resolution asking our Board of Pensions to divest itself of its Caterpillar stock holdings.  Behind this resolution, submitted by the General Board of Church and Society, several an...

The bishops of the church are urging United Methodists to live “the United Methodist Way .”   They would call us back to our Wesleyan ways of church life and spiritual development so that through our invigorated faith the world might also b...

Persons who once were “liberals” want to be known as “progressives” today.  Progressives, obviously, are people who believe in “progress.”  They believe something new and exciting is just around the next corner.  When the noted modernist Shirley Jackson Case criticized (The Millennial...