Category Archives: UMC

I’m so excited….and I just can’t hide it! (#Explo11)

Posted on November 10, 2011 by ashleealleycrawford

I’m excited.  Yeah…if you know me, you know that it doesn’t actually take a whole lot for me to be excited!  I tend to run pretty optimistic about things, but today my excitement is warranted, I’m sure of it!  J  … Continue reading →

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Praying for Exploration 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011 by ashleealleycrawford

A year and a half ago, I was asked to serve on a Design Team for Exploration 2011.  I quickly said yes, as I was excited to be a part of an experience that will be a “spiritual marker” for … Continue reading →

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Imagine No Malaria

Posted on February 1, 2011 by ashleealleycrawford

I was listening to NPR yesterday and heard a snippet from a story that they were doing about polio and how it is nearly eradicated. Now, don’t forget “nearly eradicated” fits pretty well along the lines that “close is only … Continue reading →

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To be continued…

Posted on June 17, 2010 by ashleealleycrawford

On Friday, April 30, a group of campus ministers, college students, and ministry and church leaders joined together for a day of teaching about prayer, praying and preparing for an upcoming season of prayer. The season of prayer is twofold: … Continue reading →

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A Timely Lunch

Posted on February 28, 2010 by ashleealleycrawford

Today I had lunch with Dr. Forrest Robinson, a longtime UM pastor in Kansas. His wife is in a nursing facility, suffering with Alzheimer’s disease and he asked me to join him because he doesn’t like to eat alone. We … Continue reading →

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"I’ll be praying"

Posted on August 17, 2009 by ashleealleycrawford

“We should have lunch sometime!” “I owe you one.” “I’ll be praying for you.” These well-intended phrases often flippantly roll from our tongue without much thought. I remember when a good friend taught me about the power of phrases like … Continue reading →

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School’s Starting–Let Us Pray

Posted on August 4, 2009 by ashleealleycrawford

When I was in high school, I took up running. It was mostly in rebellion to the volleyball coach, as I quit the team my senior year and said that I was going to run cross country, but in this … Continue reading →

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Remembering Why I Love Church Camp!

Posted on July 31, 2009 by ashleealleycrawford

I have about 539 ideas for things about which I want to blog, but don’t have much time to get it done. However, I’m taking the time to write about 1 of them quickly: high school leadership camp (called LDW … Continue reading →

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Would You Join Us in Prayer?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by ashleealleycrawford

I am often asked, “What do you do in campus ministry in the summer time.” I understand the enigma that campus ministry may be to some, but I usually answer, “Plenty! I have time to plan, to read, to recover … Continue reading →

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Learning to ask the right questions

Posted on June 25, 2009 by ashleealleycrawford

“Leaders do not need answers. Leaders must have the right questions,” so says Lovett Weems. And that is exactly what a group of folks who love the UMC are trying to do…develop the right list of questions. Andrew Conard, a … Continue reading →

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