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From Skeptic to Believer MAY/JUNE 2021 goodnewsmag.org Leading United Methodists to a Faithful Future FROM SKEPTIC TO BELIEVER Getting United Methodism Unstuck, page 34 MJ21-1a.indd 1 6/14/21 2:19 PM Call: 844.GO.TO.ATS Click: asbury.to/degrees Visit: asbury.to/visit Learn More: asburyseminary.edu “As missiologists we care deeply about witness. We care deeply -Dr. Gregg A. Okesson about theAsbury gospel Seminary ofDean, Jesus E. Stanley JonesChrist School through the churchof World into Mission all and facets Evangelism ofVisit theasbury.to/thrive world.” to hear our podcast with Dr. Okesson. KENTUCKY • ORLANDO • MEMPHIS • TULSA • COLORADO SPRINGS • ONLINE Download your free ebook, Called at asbury.to/GN MJ21-1a.indd 2 6/14/21 2:19 PM Call: 844.GO.TO.ATS Click: asbury.to/degrees Visit: asbury.to/visit Learn More: asburyseminary.edu Contents Essentials Features 2 Editorial 8 From Skeptic to Believer Not Losing Hope on the Road to Emmaus Eric Huffman explains how a trip to the Holy Land transformed an ordained 4 For those who work, watch, or weep unbeliever. 6 News from United Methodism 12 Pastoral Calling and the Future Bishops cancel May 8 virtual General of Methodism Winfi eld Bevins, page 27. Conference As a young pastor, Daniel Lumpee elaborates on his struggle of chosing to 42 An Overlooked Flock stick with Methodism. Terry Mattingly reports on religion’s “nothing in particular” demographic. 16 Abundant Life Shannon Vowell spells out the message 43 A Journey in Discernment of Jesus about living life to the fullest. Jenifer Jones on learning to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit into ministry. 20 Hearts of Fire with Perfect Love Kevin M. Watson makes a compelling 44 Dungeon Grace case for reengaging John Wesley’s BJ Funk on how the Old Testament message on entire sanctifi cation. character Joseph became a leader. Elizabeth Glass Turner, 27 When Movements Lose Direction page 30. Winfi eld Bevins examines how News & Analysis institutionalism strengthened its grip on Methodism. 24 Review: Perfect Love 38 The Spirit of St. Patrick Andrew C. Thompson engages Kevin Steve Beard profi les the humility, M. Watson’s new book on Christian courage, and passion of a fi fth century “As missiologists we care deeply Perfection. holy man. 30 Review: Prayer in the Night about witness. We care deeply Elizabeth Glass Turner explores the beautiful new book from Tish Harrison -Dr. Gregg A. Okesson Thomas Lambrecht, page about theAsbury gospel Seminary ofDean, Jesus E. Stanley JonesChrist School Warren. 34. of World Mission and Evangelism through the church into all facets 34 Getting United Methodism Unstuck “After this I looked, and there before Visit asbury.to/thrive to hear our podcast with Dr. Okesson. Thomas Lambrecht addresses the further me was a great multitude that no one of the world.” delay for a possible separation. could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were KENTUCKY • ORLANDO • MEMPHIS • TULSA • COLORADO SPRINGS • ONLINE holding palm branches in their hands.” Download your – Revelation 7:9 free ebook, Called at asbury.to/GN May/June 2021 | 1 MJ21-1a.indd 1 6/14/21 2:19 PM Rob Renfroe [email protected] Editorial NOT LOSING HOPE ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS Just one week earlier the two men had come to Jerusalem. On ter. Everything would become right. You could see it and how it what would later be called Palm Sunday, they entered the city would happen. with Jesus. Their hearts swelled as the crowds shouted his name and called him king. They watched him enter the Temple as if he But then Friday came. Your hopes died on a cross of despair and owned the place. He called the moneychangers thieves and with they were buried in a dark tomb. fire in his eyes and authority in his voice, he chased them out of his Father’s house with a whip. For three days he taught in the Temple You look back on your life and you find yourself saying, “But I Courts. Huge crowds hung on his every word. had hoped for a marriage that was a blessing, not a battle.” “I had hoped to overcome the pain of my past.” “I had hoped for a life that The two men could see it – how Scripture would be fulfilled. The was more than going to work, putting bread on the table, accumu- Messiah was here. The time was now. The day of deliverance had lating some stuff, watching the years go by, and wondering why come. my life never changes.” “I had hoped. God knows I had hoped for so much more.” But then everything went wrong. Thursday night he was arrested. Friday he was crucified. Saturday he was dead in a tomb. Sunday Emily Dickinson wrote: “Hope is the thing with feathers/ That morning, devastated and confused, Cleopas and his friend left Je- perches in the soul/ And sings the tune without the words/ And rusalem, walking along the road that led to a village called Em- never stops at all.” maus. But sometimes hope does stop singing, doesn’t it? What do you As they walked, One they didn’t recognize joined them. “What do then? are you talking about?” he asked. If you care about The United Methodist Church and are commit- Cleopas answered: “About Jesus of Nazareth, and how our chief ted to a faithful future for the people called Methodist, you have priests and rulers had him condemned to death and crucified. But probably found yourself thinking, “But I had hoped.” we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.” After nearly fifty years of disagreeing about sexual ethics, I had Maybe you’ve been on an Emmaus Road of your own. You dared hoped we would be done by now. But it hasn’t happened. to believe in something almost too good to be true. For a moment, it seemed that your world was going to change. Life would get bet- After some vocal centrist leaders made public statements at Gen- 2 | Good News MJ21-1a.indd 2 6/14/21 2:19 PM Why has a separation that is so obviously needed been delayed? Why is the future we have worked for, prayed for, and sacrificed for been so long in coming? As understandable as they are, these are the wrong questions to ask. The question is always: What is Jesus doing and how can I join him? eral Conference 2016 that it was impossible for us to live together What do you do when even hope is gone? You learn what Cleopas and we needed to separate, I had hoped they would join with tra- learned. ditionalists and support a plan that would put an end to our fight- ing. But it didn’t happen. Instead, these same leaders got behind You learn that on Friday they can crucify your hopes. You learn a proposal that could never pass and that belied their admission that on Saturday your dreams can be buried in a cold, dark tomb. that we could not be one church. But on Sunday you learn no matter what has happened, Jesus Christ is Lord. You learn, wherever you are and however you feel, At the special General Conference of 2019 when the majority whether you know it or not, Jesus is walking with you. You learn once again affirmed the traditional position, I had hoped that that, in a way you didn’t see and couldn’t imagine, Jesus was work- vote would be the end of our disagreement. After all, that’s why ing for your good all the time. You learn that he is the Lord over the Conference had been called – once and for all to determine the past, the present, and the future. You learn that your job is not the church’s position and settle the matter. Either centrists and to understand the plan but to walk in faith and in faithfulness. He progressives would leave the church or accept the results of the will rise. He will overcome. He will be with you. Walk that way. vote. Instead, they took out full-page ads in newspapers across Live that way. the country condemning traditionalists as hard-hearted, mean- spirited homophobes. Why has a separation that is so obviously needed been delayed? Why is the future we have worked for, prayed for, and sacrificed After a diverse group of leaders miraculously brought forth the for been so long in coming? As understandable as they are, these Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation, I had are the wrong questions to ask. hoped General Conference would adopt the plan in 2020, and by now we would be well on our way to forming a new missional The question is always: What is Jesus doing and how can I join church that is Christ-centered and faithful to the Scriptures. But him? And the right response is always hope. As Emily Dickinson COVID made a physical meeting impossible, and the Commis- wrote, the right way forward is to sing the tune, even when we sion on General Conference decided that a virtual meeting could don’t have the words. Our eyes may be blinded for a moment, but not fairly and fully address the Protocol. Jesus is with us. He will make himself and his plans known. He will achieve his will. If a cross and a tomb couldn’t stop him, nei- So here we are. Some of us personally, looking at our lives.
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