Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, Easter was celebrated this year on April 4th. It was a bit chilly here in the DC area with more than a little wind. Nonetheless, many churches worshiped outside, coming together as a congregation for the first … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, As a time of reflection, Lent provides a reminder to take time for contemplating not just our current period, but also to reach back into our roots and recapture what is still relevant, recast in our hearts … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, This morning I woke to the news that yesterday anti-vaccination protesters caused a one-hour closure at one of the largest COVID-19 vaccination sites, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. On social media, the protesters described their demonstration as … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, Happy New Year?! Yes, please! We begin the new year still in the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but looking forward to the possibilities offered by new vaccines. Perhaps more than any other issue before it, the … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, We are approaching the Christmas season, and by the end of Advent, many of our congregations will be re-living if not re-enacting this year the two so-called Christmas stories in the New Testament. Mark, the first Gospel, … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, Over the recent months, you have heard it said many times and in many ways, “these are uncertain times in which we are living.” Uncertainty makes you uncomfortable. Uncertainty throws some of us into a panic, and … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, Time to take a breadth. Over the past week we have experienced a presidential debate like no other. Hurricanes are being given names with Greek letters rather than names like Arthur in May through Sally in … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, Edge (www.edge.org) was launched in 1996 as a platform for speculative ideas authored by intellectuals interested in stretching the understanding of our world. “The ideas presented on Edge are speculative; they represent the frontiers of knowledge in … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to read a very creative novel by a good friend of mine, Rev. Dr. Bob Maddox – actually, it is book one of a two volume novel available on Amazon … Continued
Dear WesleyNexus Colleagues, Lately, I have been reading Deuteronomy. I usually don’t spend a lot of time there, even though it is considered one of the five books of Moses. Scholars, however, are pretty sure it is a post-exilic writing, … Continued