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This doesn't generally go over well in UMC circles, but I am a fan of Joel Osteen.
This week, I listened to the Saturday night service, the Sunday morning service and am now listening to the Sunday evening service. There has not been ONE WORD about the previous week's election, and in two of the services, there was an honoring of veterans.
I went to our UMC church this morning, heard all kinds of disparaging words about Trump, and talk of the election as if the world were coming to an end. There was no mention at all of the fact that this was the Sunday after veterans day.
As a moderate-Republican, veteran, Methodist that voted for Gary Johnson, I feel like there are more Open Minds, Open Hearts, and Open Doors at Lakewood Church (Joel Osteen's) than in my UMC church.
Pastors and church leaders: remember, when you choose to discuss partisan politics in your sermon and in official church service, you are almost always going to alienate someone.
This week, I listened to the Saturday night service, the Sunday morning service and am now listening to the Sunday evening service. There has not been ONE WORD about the previous week's election, and in two of the services, there was an honoring of veterans.
I went to our UMC church this morning, heard all kinds of disparaging words about Trump, and talk of the election as if the world were coming to an end. There was no mention at all of the fact that this was the Sunday after veterans day.
As a moderate-Republican, veteran, Methodist that voted for Gary Johnson, I feel like there are more Open Minds, Open Hearts, and Open Doors at Lakewood Church (Joel Osteen's) than in my UMC church.
Pastors and church leaders: remember, when you choose to discuss partisan politics in your sermon and in official church service, you are almost always going to alienate someone.