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The Christian as Leader
Leadership, leadership, leadership. We hear this mantra all the time, especially in the church. In fact, these 3 words were tweeted by Bishop Scott Jones on the opening night of General Conference 2012 as he reflected on the most important factors in United Methodist renewal. Though acknowledged as crucial, we might profitably ask, “What kind … Read more
Do You Know What I Have Done To You? A Sermon
This sermon was preached at First United Methodist Church, Orange, Texas, on Maundy Thursday 2011. The Scripture is John 13:1-17, 31b-35. The camera pans out, and we see our hero, paralyzed, perhaps strapped to a chair. No escape. The James Bond villain, or perhaps an antagonist from CSI or some other police or mystery drama … Read more
Signs, Wisdom, and the Cross: A Call to Worship
A Call to Worship based on the epistle reading from the lectionary this week, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (CEB). Feel free to use this in your church on Sunday; just remember, this piece of liturgy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Where is God? Show me a sign that God … Read more
Birthday wrap-up
Well, I know you all are dying for another Lent post, but I thought I’d go a bit lighter today. I’m now solidly into my 30s thanks to my birthday yesterday. And I have to admit that I’m really enjoying this season of my life. To show you why, I made a little “Top 10″ … Read more
Collect for the First Sunday in Lent
Your Son, O God, fasted in the wilderness forty days, and was tempted as we are, yet without sin: grow us in obedience to your Spirit, so by observing discipline we may be truly disciples, and that in our weakness we may know your power to save; through our Brother, Jesus Christ. Amen.
What’s a little conspiracy among friends? A Relevance LEAD wrap-up
Lots of folks blogged, tweeted, facebooked, instagrammed, and flickred (pinned, anyone?) their way through Relevance LEAD and Relevance X last weekend, so I won’t rehash every detail. I was fortunate to be on the inside a little; helping to coordinate the social media presence — PR on the cheap — and generally pitching in to … Read more
Lent, Ash Wednesday, and Self-Denial
I have pretty high hopes for Lent every year. “This is the year I’ll finally be self-disciplined!” Or, “I will discover a new depth to my prayer life by…praying…all the time.” (Replace praying with “giving up this luxury” or “acting with mercy,” it changes from year to year.) I’ve been reminded in several places by … Read more
Relevance LEAD this week!
I’m doing something new at the end of this week. I’m going to a conference (well, that’s not new) in Las Vegas (well, I drove through on the Interstate once) called Relevance. (That. That’s the new thing!) Relevance LEAD follows the TED model — where current leaders in technology, entertainment, design, and more share brief … Read more
Israel Pilgrimage 2012
I’m in Israel! And I hope you’ll follow along with this trip. Read about it on Facebook, follow me @expatminister or check out real-time tweets from Christie & I by searching for #israhale on Twitter, and read daily reflections over at http://perritteumc.wordpress.com
Christmas Traffic (Advent poetry)
I came across this poem today in getting ready for Sunday. I appreciate the juxtaposition offered here, as might many of you space geeks that find yourself in faith communities preparing for Christmas. Three, two, one, liftoff Signals Mission Control. And off they go To the dark parts of the planets In their pressurised spacesuits, … Read more
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