Ministry Matters - Growing toward holiness | Build from the outside in

What is the role of good works in Christian life? From grace to good works: growing in holiness by Laceye Warner   While many people are finding renewed interest in this new era of space exploration, those within the Christian tradition have special reason to embrace this news. The Christian tradition and its focus on a creating God who engages with creation has long incentivized people developing skills of observation, and the sciences that arose out of deploying such skills on the natural world. Read here

How do we move back into our neighborhood? Build from the outside in by Audrey Warren   I’m a big fan of All Saints’ Day which John Wesley called “a day I peculiarly love.” Charles Wesley taught us to sing: “Let saints on earth unite to sing with those to glory gone, for all the servants of our King in earth and heaven are one.” It’s also the day that points toward the promise of that day when God’s kingdom will fully come and God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Read here

Maybe we've all been losing ever since that fateful General Conference? The clause, the controversy, and the church's future by Wesley Bros   Our coverage of "incompatibility" with Wesley Bros continues, getting to the inclusion of that (in)famous phrase. Here in 2022, with the denomination splitting over this language, with the ever-increasing polarization of American culture, it’s easy to look for villains and heroes in a story like this one. But Wesley Bros argues that this is not a story of true heroes or villains.  It’s a story of siblings in Christ. Read here

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