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The missionaries Cyrus and Ethel Dawsey were charged in 1915 with implanting Methodism in the sugarcane, coffee, cattle region of the westward interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. With a toddler, a newborn, and three more children yet to come, the couple settled in Birigui, today a town of 120,000 people but in … Continue reading
In 1916, my grandparents Cyrus and Ethel Dawsey accepted a missionary appointment to the city of Birigui in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. My father, Cyrus Jr., was born there in 1921. Among the family’s close friends were the family Figueira with their six children. In my father’s telling, all of the Figueira girls … Continue reading
Maybe you have noticed, as I have, that small acts can bear fruit, as the Bible claims, thirty and sixty and a hundred-fold. This is a story about my grandfather, Cyrus B. Dawsey (1886-1976), who became a missionary to South America and bishop in the Methodist Church. The main event occurred in 1906 when Grandfather … Continue reading
By the late twentieth century, the Methodist University in Piracicaba had an enrollment of over 10,000 students and was reputed to be one of the best private universities in South America. The school was founded on September 11, 1881, by a missionary from Louisville, Kentucky, Martha Watts, who based her work on the Christian belief … Continue reading
[The Reverend Wil Cantrell (Robert W. Cantrell) is an ordained elder in the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. He serves as Pastor of Lebanon Memorial UMC. Wil is a graduate of Emory & Henry College and Duke Divinity School.] To my friends and fellow leaders in the Holston Conference and the United Methodist Church, I offer … Continue reading
In my appointments in ministry thus far, I have found the congregations often suffer from a lack of focus. Unfortunately, in my experience, churches fall into assuming that being busy = being faithful. Churches get caught up in so many “good causes” that I am afraid we end up missing the mark related to following … Continue reading
Metaphor is the language we use for speaking about God because it opens up possibilities of mystery, power, and being that otherwise we are incapable of expressing or even thinking. Dr. Robert Denham is one of the world’s leading interpreters of Northrup Frye. He delivered the Reynolds Lecture, 3/28/2012. Follow the links to the podcast (https://religiousjourney.com/professional-advice/). … Continue reading
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