by Chris Walters | Jun 30, 2014 | Methodism, Politics
Last Monday, Dr. Donald Haynes wrote his column for The United Methodist Reporter on “Lessons to Be Learned from the 1844 ‘Plan of Separation’.” His main point appears toward the end of his article in a section titled “Fallout.” It...
by Chris Walters | Jun 22, 2014 | Methodism, Sermons, Stewardship
Are you bothered by cashiers and others in customer service jobs when they don’t say “thank you?” I am. Recently I was at a national restaurant chain of the “fast casual” type (name starts with “P”), and the young man who took my order was being trained by a young...
by Chris Walters | Mar 16, 2014 | Economics, Science, Sermons, Stewardship
In my former life as an IT professional I spent several years creating computer systems to crunch data and turn the results into user-friendly applications for analysis. When you do that kind of work you encounter vast and overwhelming amounts of data available to...
by Chris Walters | Mar 2, 2014 | Sermons
Last Thursday President Obama made a speech launching “My Brother’s Keeper,” a widespread effort by a coalition of philanthropic organizations with the purpose of “creating opportunity for boys and young men of color.” As you may recall, the media covered his speech...
by Chris Walters | Feb 23, 2014 | Sermons, War
[Preceding this sermon we heard Jonah 1 from the NRSV] We heard Jonah, chapter one. Now let us hear the story of Jonah, through chapter three (of Jonah’s four chapters), in a 20th century context: Sometime in the second half of 1940, after France surrendered to...