Forgive the Intrusion, UMC Friends
I would love to rant about Donald Trump. The whole GOP is like a fiery car crash right now—everything stops so we can gawk at the latest collision. We feel horrible for those involved, and a little terrified about how it all affects us.
But, eventually, we have to keep driving along the highway. And as I focus on the pavement ahead, my mind drifts toward the United Methodist Church. The intricacies of particular ecclesial polity are difficult to master, even when a person has been serving that denomination for decades. That’s why religion journalists often get everything wrong. So, I’m intruding with humility, as an outsider, realizing there are so many things that I don’t understand.
But let me barge ahead here, like a nosy neighbor intruding into a family argument, and try to cover what I understand, as an outsider:
