Thursday, April 10 2025- 11:00 A.M. CDT
Bend the rules.
Are you afraid?
In a world that can – and often will – turn on those who actively stand as beacons of justice, it can be scary to be a Wesleyan or Methodist. But, as Ashely Boggan states, “you cannot identify with John Wesley without constantly seeking to ensure that all people, no matter who they are, how they identify, or where they come from, feel worthy of God’s love, have their basic physical and bodily needs met, and more.”
Bottom line: if you’re a Methodist in our current cultural climate? You’ve got to bend societal rules.
But bending the rules takes guts, it takes vile-tality. And vile-tality takes faith over fear, of the sort which Matt Rawle tells us a great deal in his aptly titled book – Faith Over Fear. But how do you stay faithful in a world hell-bent on keeping you afraid? Ashely Boggan and Matt Rawle take on fear in this online event that isn’t so much a webinar, as it is a dialogical sermon to embolden us to bend the rules, be more vile, and be Methodists.
- Hear a prophetic word for our time
- Discover ways others have moved from fear to faith
- Be emboldened to bend the rules
Meet the Authors
Ashley Boggan is a scholar, laywoman, and currently the General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History. In this role, she ensures that The United Methodist Church understands its past in order to envision a more equitable future for all. She is the author of Nevertheless: American Methodists and Women’s Rights (2020) and Entangled: A History of American Methodism, Politics, and Sexuality (2018) and contributed to American Methodism: Revised and Updated (2022).
Matt Rawle is Lead Pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Bossier City, Louisiana. Matt is an international speaker who loves to tell an old story in a new way, especially at the intersection of pop culture and the church. He is the author of Jesus Revealed: The I Am Statements in the Gospel of John as well as The Pop in Culture Series, which includes The Heart that Grew Three Sizes, The Faith of a Mockingbird, Hollywood Jesus, The Salvation of Doctor Who, The Redemption of Scrooge, What Makes a Hero?, and The Gift of the Nutcracker.
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