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Before you offer up a neatly wrapped and clean answer to someone who is suffering and struggling with some terrible loss, go read Sarah Bickle’s thoughts as she guest-blogs at Real Live Preacher.

Interestingly, my bravest friends, be they Christian pastors or confirmed heathens, have tended to explain the least. Instead, they have quietly anointed us with their kindnesses. They have prepared meals for us in the presence of our bitter enemy. They are holding our hands as we walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

May we all remember to explain less and spend more time quietly anointing with kindness.

The “Wesleyan Quadrilateral” has made an appearance in brochures being distributed at General Conference. Kevin Watson, a good friend and colleague in the Oklahoma Conference, interacts with this piece over at his blog: Deeply Committed. I really appreciate what Kevin has written as well as the constructive and academic tone in which he offers it