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The Preacher As Storyteller

19 Wednesday Oct 2016

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8580408850_6d45ee21e6This article offers some helpful advice for storytelling which can also be helpful for preachers. In particular, the benefit of using the present tense. I discussed this a bit with my group at Licensing School this year, about how present tense can draw in the listener, mainly because it creates an environment where one feels they are a part of a living story. So then,

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A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Young Jin Cho

30 Monday May 2016

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Screen ShotBishop Cho has provided a pastoral letter to the churches and clergy of the Virginia Conference following the quadrennial meeting of the United Methodist General Conference. You can read the full text here.

Adam Hamilton: The Bible, Homosexuality, and the UMC, Part 1

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

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discipline-wesleyAdam Hamilton, author and founding pastor of the 20,000 member United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas offers this insightful blog post on one of the most prominent issues facing the United Methodist Church at our upcoming General Conference.

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