Siftings is an electronic newsletter for retired ministers of The Wesleyan Church.
Siftings - Online Articles
Two Thousand Meet for the Gathering
Jan. 12, 2011
Two thousand Wesleyan pastors, leaders, and educators converged on Jacksonville, Florida, January 4-6, 2011 to participate in The Gathering, a Wesleyan ministry conference
Benji Kelley, founding and current pastor of newhope Church in Durham, North Carolina, served as emcee and opened the Tuesday evening rally, after an initial greeting from General Superintendent Dr. Thomas Armiger.
Gordon MacDonald Urges Pastors to Live a Resilient Life
Jan. 12, 2011
As we near the end of our ministries, it is easy to become bitter and negative, according to Gordon MacDonald, an author, speaker, teacher, and editor-at-large for Leadership Journal. In a seminar on “The Resilient Pastor” at The Gathering in Jacksonville, Florida, early in January, he said the challenge is to develop a resiliency that will take us successfully through our lives. We must find a way to resolve these issues so that we are not embittered.
What You're Fighting For
Apr. 1, 2010
Is What You’re Fighting For Worth Dying For?
By Rev. Dan LeRoy, District Superintendent, North Carolina East
World War II veterans are a dying breed, literally. They are passing on at a rate of 1,000 per day. They are the ones who have lived to this day to tell about it — if you can get them to.
416,800 military men and women from the United States gave their lives in World War II. That is an astounding number. But it is estimated that somewhere around 70 million people — 70 million — were fatalities as a result of hostilities in World War II.
Why?
