Wesley Bros
Sheep in a Jeep
Using Jesus' parable of the Lost Sheep, Rev. Charlie Baber of Wesley Bros suggests that the grassroots approach of the One Church Plan is likely the best way forward for the church regarding human sexuality. Read more
Surely We Aren't Blind, Are We?
Privilege is assuming that there is only one correct narrative of Christian history, and yet Christ is constantly showing up in non-privileged people to show God's grace, writes the Rev. Charlie Baber. Read more
Perichoresis Rock Anthem
How does the Church reconcile "One God" with "God in Three Persons"? John Wesley didn't try; he just punted to Athanasius. Read more
Wesleys Take the Web: Advent Anthem
Charles Wesley is animated about his Advent anthem, "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus." Read more
Soul Check: Into the Wesley-Verse
Our intrepid Wesley Bros crew encounters duplicates from another cartoon franchise on board their spaceship and they fear for their lives over differing perspectives. Read more
Soul Check: Advent-ure
During Advent, we must make a decision about the sort of people we will be. If we are changed by the Christ-story, if we become characters in the nativity of Christ-born-in-our-hearts today, how must we live? Read more
Wesley Bros: Never & Always Alone 2018
In a new job on a university campus, Charlie Baber ponders the Advent connections between America's racism and John Wesley's campaign to abolish slavery. Read more
Wesley Bros: Preemptive Redemptive
The Wesley Bros are adamant that Advent isn't Christmas, and they have the Spotify playlist to prove it! Read more
Mighty Morfin' Priesthood of All Believers
Harking back a few years, the Wesley Bros look at the idea that all Christians are ministers with varying roles and responsibilities. Read more
Wesley Bros: Bad Romance Epilogue
John Wesley's failed romance with Sophy Hopkey in Georgia was personally heartbreaking but still provided valuable experience to refine his method of group accountability. Read more
Old Jeffrey
The Wesley family's experiences with a poltergeist at Epworth Rectory convinced son Jackie (John) that a spiritual world existed. Read more
Bad Romance: Never Getting Back Together
Still in Georgia, John Wesley's romance with Sophy Hopkey ends badly when he refuses her communion after he broke off their relationship and she married another man. Read more
Bad Romance: Tell Me More, Tell Me More!
Continuing his "Grease" interpretation of John Wesley's Georgia courtship of Sophy Hopkey, Rev. Charlie Baber encourages finding a trusted friend to confide in it seems that boundaries are being wrongly crossed. Read more
Bad Romance: There Are Worse Things
Like the plot of the classic coming-of-age movie "Grease," John Wesley struggles with his "sexy feels" for Sophy Hopkey, while his brother Charles gets an angelic vision. Read more
Wesley Bros: Bad Romance, Nobody's Perfect
John Wesley's "romance" with Sophy Hopkey in Georgia points toward Wesley's eventual theology of "Christian perfection," which he saw as holiness, the Rev. Charlie Baber. Read more
Wesley Bros: What Are We Going To Do Tonight, John?
The Wesley Bros hark back to Methodism's earliest beginnings with The Holy Club's mission to Georgia. Read more
Wesley Bros: Prisoner of Hope
With its giddy anticipation and wrenching despair, the Wesleys' missionary journey to Georgia offers parallels to the hazards of today's ordained ministry, writes the Rev. Charlie Baber. Read more
Wesley Bros: And Are We Yet Alive?
What gives you real assurance of your standing as a child of God? The Wesley Bros confront this question in the context of their mortality. Read more
Jesus Went Down to Georgia
The Wesley Bros head out on a mission to Georgia, while the Rev. Charlie Baber encourages those who would go on short-term missions to reflect on what would truly help those in need. Read more
Animated Wesleys Share Church History
Charlie Baber's popular "Wesley Bros" cartoon characters take center stage in a new series of church history videos produced by United Methodist Communications. Read more