Grinding The Beans
Ken CarterLife, leadership and a generous orthodoxy for all of us. And why we grind the beans.
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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...
The Darkness of Love, Shrinking and Thomas Merton on Prayer (July 25, 2026)
A Father’s Day Gift!
Good morning friends!
We have had a good week of family vacation in the mountains and in the coming days I turn back toward some work. I hope you are finding some respite and renewal and a slower place that allows...
Theo of Golden and the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene (July 22, 2026)
Many of you know that I went to high school with Allen Levi, author of the novel Theo of Golden. He was a couple of years ahead of me–I was close to his younger brother, Gary–but we ran in the same circles of friends.
Theo of Golden is a r...
Seven Ways to a Better Summer (July 18, 2026)
The Quiche Lorraine with fruit. Cocotte, Davidson, North Carolina. A pretty amazing French Bakery in a small WNC college town.
Good morning. In the summer you may have a bit more time or space. Maybe you are on vacation, or the people...
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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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