Preparing a Table – Luke 7:36-50
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...
Poetic Reflection on “Sing We Now of Christmas”
The following is a poem I wrote as the message for the third Sunday in Advent. The Chancel Choir sang the parts in bold, and I recited the poetry in between. Sing we now of Christmas … Noel, sing we here! Hear our grateful praises … to the babe so dear....
“Examine Yourselves” – Closed Versus United Methodist Open Communion
Recently I read a report from United Methodist Communications titled, “What Does It Mean to Be United Methodist?” This report summarizes the results of a survey conducted of 1250 United Methodists, including 400 lay members, 350 lay church leaders (i.e. past or...
Religious Freedom Restoration Acts … of the Apostles?
Recently advocates of LGBT rights, like lovable and fierce advocate of justice George Takei, focused their ire on the state of Indiana and Governor Mike Pence for passing and signing into law Senate Bill 101, Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)....
Inside-Out Outcast Hospitality
We saw in the compressed 4½ minutes of The Shawshank Redemption that not much changed in those 20 years. In all three scenes the room is the same room, with exactly the same drab curtains and blinds, with the same amount of sunlight shining through, with the same...
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