Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup #14

Here's the week in review in the Methodist blogosphere:

Dave Warnock wrote about a Christian response to spousal abuse and the church accepting injustice.

James Gibson expressed his disdain for conservative Methodists who stay within the denomination.

Beth Quick directed readers to a fascinating quiz on worldviews, a progressive approach to liturgy, and online Greek translation tools.

Ken Carter wrote a book review of Eugene Peterson's new book Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places.

Theresa Coleman blogged about waiting for change in the UMC for women, turning the other cheek, a Biblical response to spousal abuse, her automatic prayer generator, and angry God.

Jordan Cooper wrote about wealthy Christians, a fracturing coalition among Canada's Tories, the importance of courage for political leaders, and MP Belinda Stronach defecting to the Liberal Party*.

Donald Sensing discovered that Star Wars character Yoda actually speaks German. He also reviewed Revenge of the Sith, fallout from Indra Nooyi's commencement address, fallout from Linda Foley's accusations about attacks on journalists, the rhetoric of Indra Nooyi (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!), and criticized the Pentagon's handling of the Koran-flushing story.

Joel Fuhrmann blogged about the Indra Nooyi speech.

Pen of Gutless Pacifist wrote about Christian responses to Star Wars.

Matthew Johnson wrote about how meetings can impair church work and blogged about the movie Hotel Rwanda and responded to criticism of Promise Keepers.

At Connexions, Richard Hall blogged about Britain's traffic problem.

Gavin Richardson listed the bloggers who attended the Emergent convention in Nashville. He also wrote about the convention here, here, here, here, here and here.

Gregory Lee wrote about the perseverance of the saints and the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Methotaku bookblogged Walter Winks' The Powers That Be.

Jonathan Norman interviewed theologian James K.A. Smith, pacifism, the potential problems of commercialism seeping into the Emergent Movement, and the Emergent convention here and here.

Chris Morgan reminded readers that God calls Christians to love everyone, even the stupid and found an example of God loving all creatures, even little sparrows.

Scandal of Particularity reviewed Revelations.

Dean Snyder blogged about how to survive ministry.

Jay Voorhees evaluated the Emergent convention, wrote about the bloggers' luncheon at the convention, and applying family systems theory (Best of the Methodist Blogosphere!)to the church. He also blogged about the convention here and here.

Cole Wakefield blogged about struggling (metaphorically) with demons.

Shane Raynor wrote about changes in communion in the UMC, Anglicans adopting Marianism here and here, the minimum wage here and here, the church trial system, and his view of Rick Warren.

Josh Tinley reviewed Revenge of the Sith and the Koran-flushing story.

Out of the Muck and Mire blogged about trying to 'be' for Christ.

Raymond Rooney wrote about the importance of identifying your own faults.

Preacher Rich blogged about finding God in the good works of others.

Scott Aldridge wrote about the Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act.

The Country Parson wrote that the UMC has lost a sense of mission and shared his experiences with an elderly activist from the Civil Rights Movement.

Do you know of a blog that should be added to the MBWR? Leave a note in the comments.

Later this week, I will create an archive for past MBWRs on a separate web page.

*I think that this is what Jordan is saying. Sadly, I know virtually nothing about Canadian politics so I may misunderstand him. As always, this MBWR was composed in great haste in over 3 hours.

UPDATE: Jonathan has pointed out that I forgot to include his blog. Oops! That's now fixed.