@DHBurch13 If it’s for a church member, there is no expected compensation. It is part of the calling. If it was a call by the funeral home or part of larger church connection the decision and compensation are up to you.
@PeteGreig Almost every season there is a prodigal son, an older brother, and father. Obviously, Ted isn’t God, but there is a consistent theme of welcoming home the wayward one.
Creo Artist Guild, I have been fasting from social media for Lent, but this is like Easter for me and I can’t help but share the good news. @winfieldbevins https://t.co/DbU44rVpAh
I am working on a paper about fragmentation and continuity in the Wesleyan tradition.
One current manifestation of the ongoing discontinuity is the cynical reaction of some UMC clergy to what is happening at the historically Wesleyan/Holiness Asbury University.
N.T. Wright - Why women should be church leaders and preachers
"I like Tom’s approach of beginning with the resurrection of Jesus." https://t.co/xGeXdkerZK
For the sake of clarity, “follow your heart” is a guiding principle we learned from Disney movies not from the Bible. The good news isn’t that the answer’s inside of you.
It sounds cute until we seriously reflect on the lost and dark places our “hearts” have led us in the past.
When male pastors call on us to recover something called “biblical manhood” I suspect they're not thinking of the silent, loyal Joseph submitting himself humbly to his wife’s God-given calling.
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