Central UMC Blog

  All of us attending Morning Manna here at Genesis are on a journey of faith to the Cross and the Resurrection this Easter. As we begin taking steps of faith it is imperative that we have faith in the one True King. The Way, the Truth, and the Life – the Word made Flesh. God among...

I wish you could know me.And still be my friend.   I’m a middle-aged gay man who has been in the closet for the last thirty-five years—divorced, with a grown child. I attend church every Sunday at Central. I don’t sit in the shadows. One or two of the pastors might...

  I recently sat down with someone who was indifferent about God and the teachings of Jesus. They didn’t necessarily want to deny God’s existence, but they also didn’t desire to follow Jesus’ way of living. This is a totally valid viewpoint. While, in my opinion, the...

The question I get asked the most is, how can you be Jewish and believe in Jesus? If a black person chooses to follow Christ, do they stop being black? Of course not. This goes with being Messianic. My father is Jewish and my mother is not. My great - grandmother died in Auschwitz during the...

During Morning Manna worship at Genesis on Sundays, we've been looking at living with intention, and what that means for our lives.   Everyone knows about the ‘Evil Empire’ that is the six-time Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots (love or hate them) who live with great...

Decision of the Special Session of the United Methodist General Conference 2019   The Special Session of the United Methodist General Conference concluded Tuesday evening February 26 in St. Louis, Missouri. Delegates from all over the world voted on the church’s stance...

The United Methodist denomination will make important decisions February 23-36, 2019 as the specially called General Conference convenes in St. Louis, Missouri. Delegates from all over the world will vote on the church’s stance regarding human sexuality and same-gender marriage...

Brennan Manning, in his book, The Furious Longing of God, writes that when we personally come to know we are God’s beloved, we will internally move in our understanding from "I should pray" to "I must pray."   This past summer, in a season of personal stress, upheaval, and...

It can become routine to doubt the power and desire of God to provide for our every need and to somehow think that miracles of provision happened ‘back then’ – as if those things don’t still happen every day of our lives: God protected His people against their enemies...

  Twenty-five of our U of A Wesley students, staff, and volunteers welcomed the new year by traveling to Port Arthur, TX to provide hurricane relief and build relationships with homeowners and other Wesley Foundations around Arkansas. The money raised from Wesley’s Work Weekends in...