"Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical." — Adam Hamilton

You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.

Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.

Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically in the center and has been willing to listen to and to bring together those things that often are found in opposite camps.

Many Christians do not believe God sends tornadoes. But they do believe that God walks with His children through the storms, that He sends His people to help after the storms, and that with and through God, there is always hope.