A conversation about discipleship, theology, and mission in the Wesleyan tradition.Tumblr (3.0; @smanskar)http://smanskar.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5bd1f796b087222398578e34254eda71/tumblr_mn5i5cUeSA1qmxs0io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>May 21, 1738: Charles Wesley’s Experience of Assurance</big></p><blockquote><p>Most United Methodists know that John Wesley experienced assurance of his salvation at a Moravian…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/may-21-1738-charles-wesleys-experience-of-assurance/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/50988249150http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/50988249150Tue, 21 May 2013 09:44:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6df1d29e0cf18b028147a2fc380af289/tumblr_mmyajfWdlV1qmxs0io1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>A Love Feast for Covenant Discipleship Groups</big></p><blockquote><p>The Love Feast was, for many years, an important part of life in the Methodist societies. John…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/a-love-feast-for-covenant-discipleship-groups/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/50658239696http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/50658239696Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b52568a1903f52f3792da19f0e0768ee/tumblr_mmy6l64AxP1qmxs0io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>What’s a Methodist? - Part 4 of 4</big></p><blockquote><p>A Methodist is a Christian training to love God with all his or her heart, soul, and mind. A…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/whats-a-methodist-part-4-of-4/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/50654074505http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/50654074505Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51:06 -0400<blockquote><p><i>“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus … Therefore … work out your own salvation; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure” </i>(Philippians 2:5, 12b-13).</p> <p>One of my favorite signs of…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/practice-the-basics/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/47777749386http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/47777749386Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:58:03 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/886ff88fb293698c8ea2b6f3025add6a/tumblr_ml04e7VezP1qmxs0io1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>What’s a Methodist? (part 3 of 4)</big></p><blockquote><p>I began this series of posts by telling the story of a Wednesday night church dinner conversation…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/whats-a-methodist-part-3-of-4/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/47553829615http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/47553829615Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:51:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1903131021fe61c00629b79ea91ee113/tumblr_mki8vf5NRV1qmxs0io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>“The bands of death are torn away, the yawning tomb gives back its prey.”</big></p><blockquote><p>Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!</p> <p>Charles Wesley wrote several resurrection hymns. The one I…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/the-bands-of-death-are-torn-away-the-yawning-tomb-gives-back-its-prey/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46727399997http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46727399997Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:11:38 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/211eebdbbf1fd9f789f6e331250a963e/tumblr_mkftx2f7IM1qmxs0io1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>“It is finished”</big></p><blockquote><blockquote><p>“When Jesus had received the wine, he said, ‘It is finished.’ Then he bowed his head and gave up…</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/it-is-finished/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46616197590http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46616197590Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:53:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bcbf7ae8f12b4e20c4d62052275a5892/tumblr_mkfh0civu51qmxs0io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done</big></p><blockquote><p>Hymns have always been an important devotional resource for the people called Methodists. John and…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/o-love-divine-what-hast-thou-done/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46595967729http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46595967729Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:14:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/de805a3aa181d34c6f27149c2c14f1d4/tumblr_mkc4gmBGLy1qmxs0io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>What’s a Methodist? … continued …</big></p><blockquote><p>In my previous post I attempted to answer the question, “What’s a Methodist?” My reply, given to a…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/whats-a-methodist-continued/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46440853837http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/46440853837Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:50:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/609f5866cc695dee80ad5e05845c3743/tumblr_mjpglcW2VJ1qmxs0io1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>What’s a Methodist?</big></p><blockquote><p>I occasionally go to church for dinner on Wednesday night. A few weeks ago I took my plate of food…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/whats-a-methodist/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/45418514373http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/45418514373Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:08:00 -0400<a href="http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2013-02/why-cross#.UT4tSX0EQfw.tumblr">Why the cross? God’s at-one-ment with humanity | The Christian Century</a>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/45124787121http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/45124787121Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:15:28 -0400<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/26/121126fa_fact_sanneh?currentPage=all&pink=j8D8IQ#.UTTvyluT6q4.tumblr">Rob Bell’s Search for a More Forgiving Church : The New Yorker</a>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/44553908205http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/44553908205Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:02:40 -0500<a href="http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/02/19/how-capitalism-creates-the-welfare-state/">How Capitalism Creates The Welfare State « The Dish</a>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/43500341209http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/43500341209Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:11:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b358d34b4e218d213437023161aed2c/tumblr_mi9wgiiH4j1qmxs0io1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Witness to Jesus Christ in the World through Acts of Justice</big></p><blockquote><p>How is your group doing with acts of justice? If you are in a typical Covenant Discipleship group,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/witness-to-jesus-christ-in-the-world-through-acts-of-justice/">View Post</a></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/43158217517http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/43158217517Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:55:30 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dsTHuY2b0bg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shortformblog.com/post/42443623050/native-american-immigration-protest">shortformblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/42442134677/native-american-tells-anti-immigration-protesters">soupsoup</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Native American tells anti-immigration protesters “You’re all f***ing illegal”</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Epic protest, complete with stroller and baby.</strong> <em>(warning: swears)</em></p> </blockquote>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/42447958121http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/42447958121Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:46:45 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BpxSdXnykTA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://owu360.tumblr.com/post/40703563443/chadwick-boseman-and-harrison-ford-are-starring-in">owu360</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford are starring in <em>42</em>, an upcoming movie about Jackie Robinson. Ford plays OWU alum Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who brought Robinson on as Major League Baseball’s first Black player. The film hits theaters on April 12. Check it out!</p> </blockquote>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/40706887221http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/40706887221Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:41:58 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b358d34b4e218d213437023161aed2c/tumblr_mgmuryC86b1qmxs0io1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Revising a Covenant Discipleship Groups’s Covenant</big></p><blockquote><p>The start of a new year is a good time for <a href="http://www.gbod.org/covenantdiscipleship">Covenant Discipleship groups</a>to evaluate and, perhaps,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/revising-a-covenant-discipleship-groupss-covenant/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/40539235237http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/40539235237Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:40:45 -0500<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/01/on-the-fiscal-cliff-obama-does-what-he-can-against-200-years-of-bad-faith.html">On the Fiscal Cliff, Obama Does What He Can Against 200 Years of Bad Faith - The Daily Beast</a>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/39385388302http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/39385388302Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:56:27 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cebe98ac0f57d96dbabd163cf89a72c2/tumblr_mfwpt5XP7y1qmxs0io1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Covenant Renewal</big></p><blockquote><p>John Wesley introduced the annual covenant renewal service for use by the Methodist societies in…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleyanleadership.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/covenant-renewal/">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/39317656990http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/39317656990Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:55:53 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QFVfsbSV4mw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nprfreshair.tumblr.com/post/38959380925/heres-toronto-blue-jays-pitcher-r-a-dickey-just">nprfreshair</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Here’s Toronto Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey (just traded by the New York Mets) explaining his famous knuckleball to ESPN. We’re listening back to some of our favorite shows of the year this week, including one with Dickey about his rocky road to the major leagues.</p> </blockquote>http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/38973129600http://smanskar.tumblr.com/post/38973129600Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:17:01 -0500