Heading to Charlotte: UMC General Conference Begins Next Week.
April 16, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field All eyes in the Methodist world are turning toward Charlotte, NC for the UMC General Conference that begins next week. But...
April 16, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field All eyes in the Methodist world are turning toward Charlotte, NC for the UMC General Conference that begins next week. But...
April 9, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field “Having heard all of this you may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say you did...
April 2, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field The United Methodist General Conference is just three weeks away. If you are a delegate, you are “crazy busy” right now....
March 26, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Last Sunday afternoon, Palm Sunday, I participated in the launch celebration for a new Korean ministry in suburban Chicago. Members of...
March 19, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field I thought you’d appreciate a letter, written by a regional leader of the Iowa Wesleyan Covenant Association, who was also one...
March 12, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field I am sure you and I have the same experience: sometimes things we hear go in one ear and right out...
March 5, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field It’s easy to forget that the upcoming United Methodist General Conference (April 23 – May 3) is the 2020 General Conference,...
February 27, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Our current disaffiliation drama might be included in the category of an epiphenomenon: that is, a particular example of a larger...
February 20, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field There’s probably no avoiding an asterisk* with any reference to the upcoming UM General Conference. In colloquial usage, an asterisk* attached...
February 13, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. A mainline church near our home has a large but, thankfully in my opinion, temporary...
February 6, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field “We’ve learned this is not as much about human sexuality as we thought. This is about power, control and money.” So...
January 30, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Which will it be at the upcoming UMC General Conference: Door # 1, Door # 2, or Door # 3? The...
January 23, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field Ah, the diminutive preposition! Such a small literary fragment, so easily overlooked, and carrying such distinctive meaning. A preposition is a...
January 17, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott Field, President A recent round of conversations with various regional leaders of the Wesleyan Covenant Association as well as the monthly meeting...
January 9, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field After a recent WCA Outlook, one questioning reader added a Facebook reply: “I thought the Wesleyan Covenant Association had left...
January 2, 2024 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field Despite the Time magazine recognition as Person of the Year, Taylor Swift was not actually # 1 in 2023. She...