by Phillip Wingeier-Rayo | Feb 25, 2025 | Articles
I would like to begin this reflection with a clarification that the “Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation” is just a proposal that will need to be approved by the General Conference delegates, and thus, these ruminations are merely...
by Phillip Wingeier-Rayo | Feb 25, 2025 | Articles
From its very inception, the Methodist movement has offered a relevant message as it has attempted to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Mt 5: 13-14). This quest for relevance has led to a close relationship between The United Methodist Church (and...
by Phillip Wingeier-Rayo | Feb 3, 2025 | Articles
PWR: What inspired you to write the hymn, “As Fire Is Meant for Burning”? What are the origins of this hymn? RD: The Lutheran Church of America sponsored a hymn competition, and I think I entered it because I was on the UCC mission Board of Directors. It was the only...
by Phillip Wingeier-Rayo | Oct 31, 2024 | Articles
UM & Global | Oct. 31, 2024 A Cuba Cuba y Puerto Rico son de un pájaro las dos alas, reciben flores o balas sobre el mismo corazón Cuba and Puerto Rico are As two wings of the same bird, They receive flowers and bullets Into the same heart … Excerpt of a...
by Phillip Wingeier-Rayo | Jun 27, 2024 | Articles
It is widely assumed that John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, was a missionary to Georgia. I have seen this matter-of-fact statement multiple times in biographies about John Wesley’s life and ministry. If, indeed, Wesley was a missionary, was he...
by Phillip Wingeier-Rayo | May 22, 2024 | Articles
Special to United Methodist Insight Every other year I have the privilege of teaching a course for aspiring United Methodist elders and deacons entitled “Mission of the Church in the World.” Along with Evangelism, Old and New Testament, Church History, Theology,...
