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I’m a day behind, so I’m going to do two shorter reflections today. I went camping with a group of guys…that was anything but perfect. Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life? This question, at first brush, seems just as strange as the previous was to me at my first
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I was 15 years old—attending my first ever session of Annual Conference when I first heard this question. The question struck me as odd at first. I was a new Christian and to that point everything had been about my conversion experience. All I knew is that I was a sinner saved by grace—the idea
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Have you faith in Christ? This seems like such an obvious and simple question for one seeking ordination in the Church. Indeed it’s one of the foundational–nay, THE foundational question of the Christian faith. The faith to confess that “Jesus Christ is Lord” is the bedrock upon which Christianity is built. Jesus as Lord is
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Almost two years ago, on June 6, 2014, I was commissioned by Bishop Jonathan Keaton as a Provisional Elder in The United Methodist Church. After 4 years of undergraduate school, 4 years of seminary, and an interview with the Board of Ordained Ministry, this commissioning began two years of preparation for ordination. This past February,
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You’ve been warned. I am not a delegate to General Conference in Portland, nor was I eligible to be (ordination in less than a month….BOOM!). However, I am a huge Methonerd. What I mean by that is that I have watched the live stream of General Conference since it began last week, have followed along
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It’s been quite awhile since I’ve written a post or reviewed a book. My life has been consumed with….well, becoming a Dad, preparing for a second child, finishing the requirements for full membership in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of The United Methodist Church….so yeah, I’ve been busy. I’m hoping to get caught up on
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“You’ll never be together this way again.” Those words hit me in a really strange way. I was standing at the front of the church with 8 high school students and 3 adult leaders to be sent by our congregation on a short term mission trip to Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Pastor Bruce shared some
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It can be frustrating to do ministry in a small town setting since we know the numbers. We know that, despite what Gallup (and others) has previously reported, that the vast majority of US-Americans do not attend Church. The Halo-Effect (the tendency of people to exaggerate socially desirable behaviors such as church attendance and understate socially undesirable behaviors
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Mr. Wayne Brock, Chief Scout Executive Dear Mr. Brock, My name is Larry Frank, and I am a United Methodist Pastor in Illinois. People in my circles talk about being a “cradle” Methodist/Catholic/Lutheran, etc. when referring to their religious rearing. I can say with confidence that I am a “cradle” Scout. I don’t recall there
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Dear Ones in Christ: I greet you in the strong name of Jesus Christ as we begin this Advent Season. I love this time of year. I love the energy of Advent as we celebrate again the birth of Christ and look forward expectingly toward his return. I love the lights, the carols, the parties….the
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Rev. Dr. Larry Frank 