The Methoblog

I’ve written about my long-time search for a better way to manage time and tasks: Task Management, Task Management 2.0, and Time Management. My latest stop on this journey is the iPad app, 2do. As I’ve stated before, my journey started with a Franklin Day Planner back when I was in college. Over the years,…

We are big advocates for planning ahead and being prepared so that you can better equip your youth leaders and together lead the youth into the best youth ministry experience possible. Spending the time being prepared gives you more time to give to you…

And Remember Their Sin No More © Jan L. Richardson No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. —Jeremiah [...]

The Lectionary took us to John 3 this past Sunday and to the passage that includes John 3:16.  It’s a verse that I can remember saying in a Sunday School class as I was growing up.  It’s probably the verse I have referred to more than any other so far in ministry. Today, I prefer [...]

Bishop Willimon has said many times that he believes far more leave the United Methodist Church out of boredom, than those leaving over anything they disagree with.If we found a way to do what he describes here I don’t think we would have that problem …

…of the continuing rhetorical battle between different camps in the church. One group objects to male language about God.Another thinks that attempts to be sensitive to language is simple political correctness and not at all a means for inviting the … Continue reading →

When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’” So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and … Continue reading →

Towering over most of the community of West Point is John Kofi Asmah United Methodist School. This school is one fruit of the partnership between the IGRC and Liberia Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is the only middle and senior high school in West Point, a community of 75,000 people. Continue reading →

Plowing through all the nonsense that has been written about the figure of Melchizedek in the book of Hebrews.

I feel like lately there is a war on African-American boys. I guess some would say this war has been ongoing back to slavery days, when African male slaves were seen merely as the property of white slave owners, used to do the grunt work in the fields …