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Jeremy Smith

Would Election by Lottery Help or Hurt UMC General Conference?
What would happen if instead of reforming General Conference that we reform the way that we elect delegates, transforming GC from the bottom-up? Read more
Should Sermons Give Answers or Offer Better Questions?
Sermons are geared towards either questions or answers, and rarely both. Traditionalists tend to prefer answers, while progressives can live with questions' ambiguity, yet each can learn from the other's preference. Read more
Will the Crucible of Virtual Ministry Transform the Church or Be Put Aside?
Has COVID been a crucible for more digital and virtual engagement by churches? Or will that fade into memory once the pandemic no longer shapes our every expression? Read more
WCA-affiliated Church Defies Bishop’s Authority to Reappoint Its Pastor
Jeremy Smith asks: How can the Wesleyan Covenant Association complain about progressives not upholding the Discipline when their own affiliated churches refuse to uphold it as well? Read more

`Notable Quotes`

"Yes, we should judge people by the content of the character and not the color of their skin — but that is when we have a true, just, humane society where there are no biases, where there is no racism, where there is no discrimination. Unfortunately, all of these things still exist."

— Martin Luther King III, oldest son of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Republican Texas lawmakers this year made it a priority to limit how racism and current events are taught in school. King calls their legislative moves “a literal effort to whitewash history." Reported in the Texas Tribune.

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