God Will Make a Way
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In God Will Make a Way, Bishop Ken Carter shares reflections from his journey from the 2016 General Conference, through his leadership in The Way Forward, his role as Presiding Bishop, into the special 2019 Conference, and the postponed 2020 General Conference in the midst of a pandemic. The book is both a spiritual journey and an inside view of one of the most tumultuous periods of national and denominational history.
Carter casts his personal spiritual reflections against a backdrop of life-shaping events: the first Way Forward meetings, the tragedy at Mother Emmanuel, interactions with Kenneth Feinberg, Jurgen Moltmann, and others, the Pulse and Parkland shootings, and more. Throughout, the high points are experiences and conversations between people, often from dramatically different stances, who find common ground, new understanding, and hope while the dark times are from conflict-inspired anger, national violence, and shaken hope.
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- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Book One: Field Notes on a Way Forward (2016-2017)
- 1. Portland
- 2. Therapy
- 3. Why We Need Evangelicals
- 4. Orlando
- 5. The Gift of a White Stole
- 6. My Calling as a Bishop
- 7. The Commission on a Way Forward Begins
- 8. An Eclectic Spiritual Plan
- To Clergy Friends after the Election: Some Thoughts
- 9. A Conversation with Bishop Woodie White
- Charlottesville
- 10. Negotiating for Mutual Benefit
- 11. Born on the 4th of July
- 12. Two Congregations
- 13. Africa College of Bishops
- 14. Speaking to the Judicial Council: The One Church Plan
- Questions for Accountable Leaders
- 15. Anchored and Free: A Christmas Meditation
- Book Two: Walking to the End of Our Light (2018-2019)
- Moderator's Reflection on the Way Forward
- 1. Three Clergywomen
- 2. The Importance of Conversation
- 3. The Commission on a Way Forward Concludes
- 4. Installation as President of the Council of Bishops
- 5. The Gospel of the Burnt Ends
- A Call to Discipleship: Living as Disciples of a Nonviolent Lord in a Time of Violence
- Letter to a Traditionalist Friend
- 6. Holiness Redefined
- 7. The Basement and the Sanctuary
- 8. The Benefits of Failure and the Power of Imagination
- 9. The Downward Movement of Grace
- 10. A Peaceable Kingdom Christmas
- 11. The Hard Work of Listening
- 12. An Epiphany Midrash
- 13. February 2019, St. Louis, Part 1
- 14. February 2019, St. Louis. Part 2
- Prayer for Faithfulness, Fruitfulness, and Unity
- 15. February 2019, St. Louis. Part 3
- Book Three: God Will Make a Way (2019-2020)
- Letter to the Florida Annual Conference
- 1. A Lenten Season
- Editorial in the Orlando Sentinel
- 2. Weariness
- 3. United Methodist Chancellors and a Quaker Meeting House
- 4. The Water of a Womb
- 5. Mountains and Valleys
- 6. Search Me and Know My Heart
- 7. Convicted Humility
- 8. Confusing Technical Problems with Adaptive Challenges
- 9. The Mediation led by Kenneth Feinberg
- 10. Speaking at Church of the Resurrection
- An Examen in the Wesleyan Tradition
- 11. Preaching and Breaking Bread Amidst Complaints
- 12. The Arrival of COVID-19
- 13. Easter and Beyond
- 14. I Can't Breathe: The Emergence of a Second Deadly Virus that Had Always Been There
- 15. God Will Make A Way
- Acknowledgments
