From the Former
Bishop's Pen

Dr. Ray Seilhamer served as bishop from 1993-2001, and is currently Associate Dean of the Huntington College Graduate School of Christian Ministries. As bishop, he wrote a number of columns which appeared in the Connect newsletter. You can read the following columns online:

Holy Living

• Passion is Not for Wimps. (Oct 1994)
• Evil Thoughts: Those Hard-to-Reach Stains (Oct 95)
• Holy Conformity. Two points about holiness. (June 1996)
• Living a Life of Love. (July 1995)
• Tangling with Temptation. (May 1996)
• Standing Close to the Flame. (Feb 1995)

Revival

• Revival: It's Coming, and It'll be Amazing. (Sept 1995)
• Instruments of Revival. (Oct 1997)

Evangelism

• When You Take in New Members, How Many are Truly New? (Nov 1994)
• Joe and Max: A Tale of Two Pews. (Aug 1995)
• The Unsaved: The Dark Reality of Being Eternally Lost (Oct 1998)
• North American Needs More Churches. (Dec 1994)
• Church Planting: Who Should We Put in Center Field? (May 1995)
• What does it Mean to Live Next Door to a Christian? (Sept 1998)
• What's Happening in Our World? (Jan 1998)
• The Poor: Who is My Neighbor? (March 2003)

Life in the Local Church

• When Your Church is in Decline. (Jan 1995)
• Some Common-Sense Wisdom for Your Church. (Aug 1996)
• A Climate for Healing. (Oct 1996)
• Living in Crisis Mode (Jan 1999)
• Point Men Under Fire (Sept 1999)

The Family

• Vacations: Getting Away from it All. (July 1996)
• Six Elements of a Healthy Family (Feb 1994)

When Christians Disagree

• The 95% that Really Matters. The ways we agree. (July 1994)
• Peace Amidst Disagreements. (Aug 1994)
• Handling Disagreements in Positive Ways. (Sept 1994)
• Rising Above Our with Our Differences. (Dec 1995)
• Unity: Acting Like United Brethren. (Jan 1996)
• The Dimensions of Forgiveness. (Feb 1998)

Attitudes

• Positive Attitudes: The Programming of Your Mind. (Sept 1996)
• Attitudes: What Kind of Attitude is That? (Nov 95)

The UB Denomination

• Good Things Happening in the Church. (April 1996)
• 1996 Report to the Church (May 1996)
• Reflections on My First Four Years as Bishop. (May 1997)
• 1998 Report to the Church. (May 1998)
• The Role of the UB Headquarters. (Jan 1997)