My involvement with the Methodist Recorder has taken place in many
different places where I have been a presbyter and at many different
levels of church life.At its best it is an extremely important way of
reminding us that we belong to each other.
One of the difficulties however is that the Recorder also has to
represent those who do not want to see the changes in outlook that
continually need to take place for real progress to be made.
We have to keep a sense of 'togetherness' in the Holy Spirit.with the
contrasting diversity of gifts-some providing stability, others making
us unsettled in order to move and grow. This always had to be so.I agree
with Tony that there have been some helpful articles in recent
weeks.which have been stimulated by the many problems created by Covid
and the rapid changes in society by ever increasing digitilisation and
distressing changing world situations
One of the adapted prayers of St.Augustine on the 'meaning of grace'
reads 'By your grace we discover that what we think is ours is alien to
us, and what we think is alien is ours.'
My hope is that The Methodist Recorder will continue to provide articles
of real value with a true sense of ecumenicity giving stimuli to both
readers and writers..
------ Original Message ------
From: "Tony Buglass" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: methmins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 13 Jun, 22 At 21:25
Subject: [methmins] Re: Methodist Recorder
John Staton wrote:
MR might provide a service for those who are not online, but for those
who are it offers little.
Actually, it depends what you’re looking for. Over the lsat few weeks
there have been a number of good articles about the European UMC
churches and conferences, including some about Ukraine, Poldan, the
Czech churches, and their efforts to work in support of the Ukrainians.
There was also a very good whole-page obituary this week of John Hick by
Susan Howdle – I knew he had written CPD and stuff, for which I might
not have wished to thank him, but I did have to admire the sheer skill
he brought to what was a monumental task, and it was good to see it set
in the context of the man himself and his family life. Quite a lot of
stuff like that seldom finds its way onto UKM, MO, etc. Granted, it’s
of limited interest, and I think Jerry’s comment that the MR might not
have many years left might have some truth in it, but for the time being
I’ll keep taking it. There’s a part of me wants to live long enough to
read my own obituary, which just goes to show how badly damaged I am
from all those years as a superintendent minister...
Blessings,
Tony
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