Last week I was blessed to spend my annual “week-away” retreat. This year, I went to the Mary & Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, overlooking the LA basin from 1200 feet. It was beautiful, cool, and conducive to what my soul needed: to rest, rejuvenate and restore. I...
Last week was a really busy week with a lot of press coverage of our disaffiliation plight and follow-up contacts. This week, I’m hoping things will quiet down somewhat. It is good to have publicity and perhaps add some pressure to our annual conference to negotiate an exit route that...
In our disaffiliation from the UMC journey, we have run up against a LOT of institutional mindsets, mindsets that regard the life of the institution (in this case, the annual conference) as of primary importance, even over against the life of the congregations seeking disaffiliation. There are 22 churches in...
I read “Breaking Point” from the Colson Center frequently. Recently, the blog featured the topic of fathers, which I found very helpful! Instead of putting it into my own words, and to help you to subscribe to the blog (if you want to), I m going to link directly to...
We’ve been unpacking some lessons learned from planting a church within the Disney (World) employees by Steven Barr, the founder of “Cast Member Church”. You can read the entire article here: Five Lessons Learned From a Church Embedded in The Walt Disney Company – Fresh Expressions So far we’ve looks...
I read an article recently by Steven Barr. He and his wife, Lucia, planted the Cast Member Church at Walt Disney World 11 years ago, which has expanded to six continents and reaches thousands of people, all employees (“cast members”) of the Walt Disney Company. The article gives five things...
This Sunday, January 8th, we will be observing Epiphany/Baptism of the Lord Sunday. As part of our observance, we will be engaging in the Wesleyan ritual of “Remembering Our Baptism”. To make this interesting, we are encouraging The Fount members to look up the date of their baptisms and come...
November: The Way to Christian Perfection By Kevin M. Watson John Wesley could remember a time before Methodism existed. He witnessed the beginnings of the Methodist movement, where the Holy Spirit moved in powerful, surprising, and at times, even indescribable ways. If at the end of his life, John...
It is probably no surprise to most of us that Americans are becoming more and more ignorant of the Bible. What with fewer and fewer Americans identifying themselves as practicing Christians and the dumbing-down of the Gospel in many churches, plus the growing number of “progressive Christians”, it should not...
