The British Methodist Church has voted to boycott Israeli-produced goods and services from the West Bank because of Israel’s “illegal occupation of Palestinian lands.” (Next step: Boycott “Zionist” brands from Ahmadinejad’s no-buy list perhaps?) This is yet anothe...

Wayne Leman at the Better Bibles Blog recently highlighted this video from YouTube– a hip hop reading of Isaiah 53 from the New Living Translation. ...

According to the Los Angeles Times, the United Methodist University Senate has restored funding to Claremont School of Theology. Why the about-face? Claremont has promised the UMC that the $800,000 or so they receive from the denomination will not support a school that trains students for religions...

They do in Great Britain, by about 7 years for men and 9 years for women. Several possible reasons have been suggested for this, including a Methodist emphasis on things like temperance and holiness. Proverbs 10:27 tells us that “the fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked ...

A few days ago, The New York Times ran an article about Smith College’s decision to fire its three religious chaplains. Mark Oppenheimer, who penned the Times piece, appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe (see the video of the segment below) to discuss the apparent  trend of college students s...

Kate Fridkis writes in the Huffington Post that there is a way to be Jewish and Christian at the same time without being a part of Messianic Judaism (which she equates with Jews for Jesus, although that is technically inaccurate.) In her article, Kate mentions a group called Interfaith Community whi...

ABC News is reporting on “post-evangelicals”– a group of Christians known as a “largely nonpolitical association fighting for justice, equality and the common good.” Outside of spiritual warfare and prayer (which I’m certain ABC News isn’t referring to)...

A church softball league in Memphis has rejected a team whose coach is a lesbian. The team was apparently  looking for more games to play before discovering the church league, which is managed by a Baptist church. What a missed opportunity. Hey, Bellevue Baptist… it’s a softball t...

Brian McLaren has written a bold response to President Obama’s Tuesday night Oval Office speech, and although McLaren lacks specifics for implementing some of his radical ideas, you’ve got to give him credit for trying to come up with solutions instead of simply offering the usual cheers...

Whenever I cover church politics at Wesley Report (and now Faith Experience), things can get really heated, so more recently, I’ve been trying to focus on the spiritual side of things. But the more experience I gain, the more I realize that the dividing lines between spiritual and physical ...