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...
December 26, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field “…and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21 NLT). Blessings to...
December 19, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field Dear Friends and Frequent WCA Outlook Readers, My apologies for this blog piece. I wanted to write something more Christmas-y,...
December 12, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field A Christmas Carol… beyond the story penned by Charles Dickens. The familiar story of the three ghosts visiting Ebenezer Scrooge during...
December 5, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field “…and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing...
November 28, 2023 By. Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field We’re all familiar with Frosty, Santa, and Rudolf jostling for attention in December, but last night at our community’s Electric...
November 21, 2023 By. Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field By all accounts from the signals in our broader culture, I’m a voice crying in the wilderness on this issue:...
November 14, 2023 By. Rev. Dr. Scott N. Field Last week Heather Hahn, Assistant News Editor of UM News, reported on the opening address given by Bishop Thomas Bickerton,...