Thursday Morning PlainSpoken Live Stream (October 24, 2024)

I'll be talking about:

1. A Christianity Today article heralding “The Return of the Hymnal” - https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/10/return-hymns-hymnal-tradition-rooted-worship-singing/
2. Recent legal developments in the Baltimore Washington Conference of the UMC - https://www.christianpost.com/news/maryland-judge-rules-against-37-churches-suing-umc-over-property-row.html and https://myemail.constantcontact.com/e-connection-10-21-2024.html?soid=1116130639892&aid=QccunV95UJk
3. A historical reflection on northeastern Methodists putting congregations in the position to buy their properties back, based in Kevin Watson’s new Methodist history book

Cambron Wright of Wright Writes will be joining me to talk about parenting and running household budgets as Christian fathers.

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