Life, leadership and a generous orthodoxy for all of us. And why we grind the beans.
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Dolly Parton (August 29, 2026)
The Mural by Gus Cutty on Haywood Road in West Asheville.
Good morning and blessings friends. We are with family in Memphis. I continue in my weeks of renewal leave. The vibe is more urban, the energy more multi-generational, and the B...
Love Boldly (August 22, 2026)
A blessed morning to you!
This has been a good week. We went to the Biltmore House in Asheville for lunch with our daughter Liz, before she returned to New York and teaching; I gave two presentations at the Festival of Wisdom and Grace, wh...
Rest, Theo, Reunion and a Day of Fly Fishing
Good morning friends. I hope you are enjoying this Saturday morning in the middle of August. Summer is surely coming to an end–for some this is already a reality–and so we savor the time. I am into a few weeks of renewal leave, and in that...
Renewal (August 8, 2026)
The Stax Museum in Memphis
Good morning friends!
Beginning Monday I will be taking a renewal leave for the next two months. The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church provides bishops up to three months of renewal leave duri...
Where is the Good Work? Who is in your Circle of Trust? (August 1, 2026)
Our garden.
Good morning friends. Can you believe we are in August?
We wake up in a world this morning where human life is increasingly degraded and devalued.
There is a struggle, and a need for an alternative.
It will make more sens...
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UMC bishop in Western North Carolina, Bishop-in-Residence at Duke Divinity School, and author of Unrelenting Grace (Abingdon). And I grind the beans.
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