How bout it New Room MarkBenjamin ??

So much fun talking with the Asbury Theological Seminary DMin cohort today about creativity in preaching!

Methodism was initially a work of the Holy Spirit centered on the transformation of human beings from sinners to saints. Billy Abraham in The Next Methodism #gmc #umc

Dissertation humor is all I have left.

Thankful for my friend A.J. Swoboda! Having him write the foreword for #outofchaos was a dream come true.

One part of parenting I didn’t anticipate or prepare for (and there are many!) is helping kids become aware of the media and marketing vying for their attention and appetite. So many messages and so little preparation to sift through how they are manipulating and influencing us.

I've been watching livestreams from several Jurisdictional Conferences. Thus far one theme seems to have emerged from all of them: The future of the #UMC is the wide road of the secular world rather than the narrow road of the Gospel (Mt. 7:13-14).

We throw around the word 'anxiety' a LOT now days. It is a very good thing that we talk about it more than we used to and FYI, our millennial and Gen Z are helpful to us because they are more fluent in the language than the rest of us. However... 1/

#texashockey Drew’s first NHL game. Go Stars! ⭐️

My teacher, mentor, and friend. Thankful for him in this 100th year and every year

The fastest growing denomination (Assemblies of God) in the US has female pastors. And they are theologically conservative. The idea that churches who have female pastors will fall down a slippery slope of not reaching people and/or adopting liberal theology is JUST. NOT. TRUE.

Just arrived in the mail!! So excited to finally hold a hard copy of it. You can order a copy here: New Life in the Risen Christ (Wesleyan and Methodist Explorations) a.co/d/0M8RWLE

Asbury Seminary's "Women Thriving in Ministry" is an initiative that supports and empowers women as they fulfill their calling to serve God and others. Access the full library of resources on Thrive: thrive.asburyseminary.edu/women-in-minis…

Announcing My Hire at Asbury Theological Seminary: kevinmwatson.com/2023/06/20/ann…

Rest in peace, #JimmyBuffett. Thanks for the music, the joy, and the laughter.

So, here’s the thing. The idea that in the end women will come to regard anything they do besides marrying and having kids as skubalon is a really comforting cultural myth. But there’s really no more reason to think it’s true of women than it is for men. I’m not opposed to

#Leadership - The how reveals the why

Doing #1000wordwofsummer for two weeks starting today!