COFUMC—’06 Annual Conference Report

I had the honor of again attending the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church as a lay delegate from this congregation. The Conference was held two weeks ago—from June 11th through the 14th—in Hampton, Virginia and was presided over by our bishop, Bishop Kammerer.

2006 Annual Conference—Amendment & Remarks for Resolution #1

Ed. Note: These were my prepared remarks for a proposed amendment to Resolution #1: A Resolution on Resolutions at the 2006 Annual Conference Session of the Virginia Conference United Methodist Church. The resolution itself can be found on Page 137 of the Book of Reports (PDF link). The proposed amendment was co-written by Rev. Rob Vaughn and me; the explanatory remarks are my own.

Grownups Only, Please

I am tired of dealing with children.

If I were merely speaking of actual children the statement would be accurate enough, but I’m mainly talking about people who are legally adults and yet continue to think and behave like children. For many years I have humored these people when I come across them, but that ends today.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.