The Bishop's Blog
11/1/2018
True religion according to John Wesley is happiness, and happiness is true religion. It is the necessary integration of the love of God and neighbor, or what he described as gratitude and benevolence. There is no separation of these two. And as we come to love God and our neighbor more fully, the image of God, which is love, is restored in us. This image is deeply Trinitarian: The Father who sends the Son, the Incarnate Son Jesus who bears witness to that Creator and who died on the Cross that ...
On the Move
10/26/2018
New book identifies best practices and offers practical tips and case studies for leading diverse and vital congregations.
On the Move
9/13/2018
Students and the Concert Chorale will be awarded scholarships for books, tuition or other expenses connected with their classes.
On the Move
8/24/2018
Enterprise, FL – The Florida United Methodist Children’s Home announces that Scott Davidson has been elected as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Davidson made his first impact on the Children’s Home in 2006 when he was asked to step in as the interim CEO, a position he served in for six months. In 2013, he was asked to return to the Children’s Home to assist with the construction of the new Madison Youth Ranch in north Florida. At that time, Davidson brought more than 22 years...
The Bishop's Blog
8/20/2018
The summer has been a long one for the church, a parched wilderness in which we have experienced not showers of blessings but the relentless heat and light shining upon our sins and failures. +In our United Methodist Church, we continue the slow journey toward a special called General Conference to discern and debate our impasse over understandings of human sexuality in the church. This impasse creates anxiety about the future, fuels judgment about others across ideological lines, strains ...
The Bishop's Blog
7/19/2018
Sometimes I take a deep breath and appreciate what is happening across the Florida Conference.
The Bishop's Blog
6/26/2018
Who was the stranger who joined us when we sat down to break bread together at the Haywood Smokehouse?
The Bishop's Blog
4/30/2018
With some regularity, I receive communications—letters, links to blogs, statements—about what is wrong with the church. I'm not complaining here. I am asking us to shift our focus.
On the Move
4/16/2018
Enterprise, FL – The Madison Youth Ranch welcomes their new Administrator, Maurice Ware. Madison Youth Ranch is the north Florida campus of the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home. Mr. Ware has over 24 years of experience in education and residential youth services, including psychiatric care. His career has ranged from an assistant high school principal to the CEO of The Children’s Home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mr. Ware has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwood ...
The Bishop's Blog
1/19/2018
The apostle Paul is writing to a divided church. There were divisions in the church, even in the first century. In this instance, the divisions were about the gifts of speaking in tongues (glossalia) and prophecy (prophetea). Some saw themselves as being more spiritual than others. Paul speaks into the context of the church in Corinth by using the framework of God’s gifts and grace.
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