Methodist Perspectives
Follow the United Methodist conference activities and issues:www.umc.org
Spend each day with an Upper Room Devotional:
www.upperroom.org
You'll find some great tools to refine your leadership skills:
www.umc.org
The Interpreter Magazine is considered a helpful source for following trends and issues:
www.interpretermagazine.org
The historians among you may want to keep in touch with research on John Wesley:
gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/
Other Christian Perspectives
Biblical research is made easy:www.biblegateway.com/
Find daily encouragement with UpWords from Max Lucado:
Crosswalk@crosswalkmail.com
Some really good book reviews:
www.bibleprobe.com
A favorite author of many, Philip Yancey shares his thoughts:
www.philipyancey.com
Many of us call ourselves evangelical Christians, but what does that really mean? Arguing that the term has been hijacked by the press, a core of evangelical leaders gathered to reassert the basic tenets of the faith as understood by the evangelical community.
www.anevangelicalmanifesto.com
Arguing that a high view of the Bible and high-level participation in American intellectual life could coexist, Mark Noll's book America's God was praised by the Atlantic Monthly as "almost certainly the most significant work of American historical scholarship" in 2002 . Awarded the hstorical Society's 2004 Eugene Genovese Best Book in American History Prize, America' s God is described and reviewed:
www.oup.com
Leaders of small groups will find valubable advice:
www.smallgroupministry.com
Some of the Best Christian Websites for Children
Access fun and easy to understand Bible stories, ideas for activities and crafts or check out a wide variety of games. Perfect for Sunday school teachers, parents or kids. Also offers information about learning more on core subjects such as math, science and language arts:Christianity Today Kids' Channel
The Kids Zone
Site's goal is to provide a safe place where children can link to websites without fear of coming across inappropriate pages. Offers a clean Christian chat room, book reviews. Also offers games and sells action figures based on characters from the Bible such as Moses and Noah.
Veggie Tales
If you like to walk with tomatoes, you'll enjoy the adventures of these vegetables as they reenact various Bible stories and teach life lessons on living in truth. Also includes a special section for kids featuring games and fun. Download coloring pages about how God made you special
Miscellaneous
Some wholesome internet fun for kids can be found:www.activitytv.com
If you're interested in keeping up with ideas on science and art, you'll enjoy:
http://www.exploratorium.org/
