It’s a quote from a Star Trek movie (First Contact), admittedly with a gender bias, but it certainly applies: “Don’t try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgment.” I think if you’re going to be an elder in the United Methodist Church, it is good advice – and if you are going to be a district superintendent, you really need to be a man/woman and let God be the judge of what you do. That means saying and doing some tough things in the name of the Lord.
What follows are some tough things that I think need saying in light of a church that is in desperate need of renewal. I think our laity are desperate for it.
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