Videos

This group is composed of a diversity of scholars. The views expressed in each video represent their their own personal views, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of others or the group as a whole.

O. Wesley Allen, Jr.
Methodolatry

Jason Byassee
All the Wrong People

Cheryl Anderson
More Than Meets the Eye: Why How We Read the Bible Deserves More Attention

Ted A. Campbell
My Grandmothers' (United) Methodist Church

Anne Burkholder
Implications and Consequences of the Process and Results of the Delegate Counts for the 2020 General Conference  

Kevin M. Carnahan
Reading the Bible on Slavery and Homosexuality

Michael G. Cartwright
Lessons from the Heartland after General Conference 2019

Mark A. Chancey
Romans 1:26-31

Natalya Cherry
Bend it Like Buttigieg: Reclaiming United Methodist “Values”

Cristian De La Rosa
Considerations of Nepantla  for Latinx United Methodists

Robert Foster
Faithful to Our Holy God:
Leviticus, Holiness, and Violating Scripture's Commands

William B. Lawrence
Four Words, Three Rules, Two Standards, One Grace

Jodie L. Lyon
Changing Minds by Changing Ethical Frameworks: Thinking Teleologically About Sex

Michelle Morris
Holy Train Wreck: Divine Purpose in Inconsistent Scripture

Rolf Nolasco
Resisting Sacred Violence through Contemplative Practice
and Positive Mimesis

Adam Ployd
What Is Love? Augustine, the Church, and a New Sexual Ethic

Darryl W. Stephens
United Methodism at the End of White Christian America

Maria A. Dixon Hall
The Need to Disrupt the Orthodoxy of the Progressive Clerical Voice to Cultivate Sustainable Transformative Innovation

Robert Allan Hill
No Male and Female

Jonathan LeMaster-Smith
The Rural Church in Connection after General Conference 2019

Alyce M. McKenzie
Preaching to a Split Church:
Homiletical Strategies that Promote Inclusion in a Polarized Context

Hilde Marie Movafagh
The Iron Curtain is Back:
UMC in Europe in the Aftermath of General Conference 2019

Amy Oden
Welcoming the Stranger

Jennifer Quigley
Teaching about Gender and Sexuality in the Bible:
Reflections from a Seminary Classroom for Congregations

Alex Tracy
Preaching Outside the Lines for LGBTQ+ Equality

Ashley Boggan Dreff
The New Morality: An Exploration of a Methodist Sexual Ethic

Sarah Heaner Lancaster
Not Giving Up on the Authority of Scripture

Robin W. Lovin
What Do We Say When Nobody Is Listening?

Scott Moore
Individual Consideration and Transformational Leadership
in a Post-Way-Forward Era

Jane Ellen Nickell
Defining Moments: Resistance to Changing Social Structures

Sam Persons Parkes
Am I My Sibling’s Keeper?: A Practical Guide to Preserving LGBTQIA+ Life

Kendall Soulen
Christian Marriage is a School of Holiness: A Scriptural and Theological Case for Same-Sex Marriage

Lovett Weems
Methodism’s History of Rejection of General Conference Actions

Michelle Whitlock
Breaking the Baptismal Covenant