Methodists
A truth-telling child of Southern Methodism
Journalist John Archibald turns the spotlight on himself, his preacher father, and White Christians’ failures.
An act of solidarity with LGBTQ Methodists?
J. Philip Wogaman tried to surrender his ordination. Would this have helped?
Why Chile has Pentecostal bishops
When a revival took root among Methodists, U.S. church authorities demanded that local leaders disavow it. They refused.
Harper Lee, then and now
Yes, Go Set a Watchman has its problems; yes, it needed an editor. Yet one senses that this fiction has grown out of a life lived.
Texas tough
Other states have a history of violence, suspicion of government, and more Baptists than people. What makes Texas different? Robert Wuthnow says it’s oil.
My church loyalties: Why I am not yet a Catholic
On two occasions I decided to become Catholic. Both times I had to wait because I had been asked to preach or preside as a Methodist.
The precious ordinary: Novelist Kent Haruf
“I wanted to create a different kind of preacher—someone who would be in opposition to what would be normal in a small town like that.”