by Chris Walters | Apr 14, 2019 | Pop Culture, Sermons
http://itinerantchurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Why-Are-You-Doing-This-Palm-Sunday-2019-04-14.mp3 [sermon audio above] Scriptures: Mark 11:1-10 & Mark 14:1-15 The year is 1977. I am nine years old. I am waiting in line to see Star Wars on the massive screen...
by Chris Walters | Jun 3, 2017 | Pop Culture, Stewardship
A couple months ago my son Tim asked me, “How many ‘Tim Walters’ are there in the world?” Good question, probably a lot. And then I thought, hmm, I bet there’s a website for this question … and, of course, there is: HowManyOfMe.com. According to this website, which...
by Chris Walters | Feb 2, 2017 | Justice
The United States incarcerates 25% of the world’s incarcerated people yet is only 4% of the world’s population. Mass incarceration in the U.S. is clearly driven by systemic racism, as documented by Michelle Alexander in her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass...
by Chris Walters | Dec 4, 2016 | Church Culture, Methodism
Have you ever heard of “escape rooms?” They are a global phenomenon and a growing segment of the gaming industry. Stuart Miller, writing for Newsweek, succinctly explained the game: “Room escape games lock players in a room where they must seek clues...
by Chris Walters | Feb 23, 2016 | Bible, Church Culture, Sermons
A Laity Reflection by PUMC Lay Leader Larry Newton* I cringed when I heard Pastor Chris talking about formal table settings and proper protocol. When my mother would set out her fine china for a holiday meal, I used to complain to her about the wasted effort to set...