Ministry

Before I begin, please note that I am in the process of shutting down my High Noon Blog. Starting In June, I will be exclusively using my new SubStack (Sifting Sand) for my blog posts and podcasts. Please consider signing up. It is free. My first semester of college coincided with the 2000 presidential election. I started looking at Bush and Gore. Neither impressed me. … [Read more...] about Backing Away From the Future

Before I begin, please note that I am in the process of shutting down my High Noon Blog. Starting In June, I will be exclusively using my new SubStack (Sifting Sand) for my blog posts and podcasts. Please consider signing up. It is free. In a special piece to United Methodist Insight, the Rev. Linda Richard laments recent judicial council rulings related to … [Read more...] about Attribution Error Watch-Disaffiliation

Before I begin, please note that I am in the process of shutting down my High Noon Blog. Starting In June, I will be exclusively using my new SubStack (Sifting Sand) for my blog posts and podcasts. Please consider signing up. It is free. Last week, I was at an event focused on how to disciple people under forty. Most of the attendees were pastors. The presenter showed how … [Read more...] about But It’s Political

Using people is wrong. It seems absurd this needs to be said, but after reading Jay Therrell’s “Throwing Rocks” and Rob Renfroe's “Colonialism in Glass Houses” this week, I feel I must say it. Reading how easily they dismiss folks concerned about the WCA’s desire to vaccinate delegates to General Conference, they are missing the gist of what makes this proposal ethically and … [Read more...] about Using People Is Wrong