Bishop +Ken Carter, WNC United Methodist
@bishopkencarter.bsky.social
Grinding The Beans (Substack), Unrelenting Grace (Abingdon Press), Baseball, Bluegrass, BBQ + Cartoons.
Chicago, Memphis and Portland are not war zones—you knew that—but they do have amazing deep dish pizza, soul food and donuts, respectively. Maybe that is the common thread.
October 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Chicago, Memphis and Portland are not war zones—you knew that—but they do have amazing deep dish pizza, soul food and donuts, respectively. Maybe that is the common thread.
Thoughts for a week of loss, violence and remembrance. Join us at Grinding the Beans on Substack.
September 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Thoughts for a week of loss, violence and remembrance. Join us at Grinding the Beans on Substack.
Join us at Grinding the Beans.
August 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Join us at Grinding the Beans.
A gift to listen to Brian McLaren preach this morning at Lake Junaluska Assembly (near #AVL). From now on all human activity will be judged in accordance with how it is mutually beneficial to the human-earth relationship. See his book, Life After Doom (St. Martin’s).
August 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A gift to listen to Brian McLaren preach this morning at Lake Junaluska Assembly (near #AVL). From now on all human activity will be judged in accordance with how it is mutually beneficial to the human-earth relationship. See his book, Life After Doom (St. Martin’s).
The morning office @ Waynesville, NC. Altitude affects Attitude. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The morning office @ Waynesville, NC. Altitude affects Attitude. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
Yes. And this is why our image of God is so important. And why training programs in spiritual direction begin with image of God. If we get this wrong, nothing good follows.
July 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yes. And this is why our image of God is so important. And why training programs in spiritual direction begin with image of God. If we get this wrong, nothing good follows.
Join me at Grinding the Beans on Substack!
May 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join me at Grinding the Beans on Substack!
Celebrating Jackie Robinson Day!
April 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Celebrating Jackie Robinson Day!
3.5 million+ gathered and said, in public, #handsoff. No property destroyed. No police officers killed. No swastikkkas. We love our country. It’s for *all* of us. Proud to be an American.
Western North Carolina, survivors of Hurricane Helene, my people!
Western North Carolina, survivors of Hurricane Helene, my people!
April 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
3.5 million+ gathered and said, in public, #handsoff. No property destroyed. No police officers killed. No swastikkkas. We love our country. It’s for *all* of us. Proud to be an American.
Western North Carolina, survivors of Hurricane Helene, my people!
Western North Carolina, survivors of Hurricane Helene, my people!
As a nation, we are week by week less prosperous, less secure, less humane, less democratic, less prepared for a health crisis or a natural disaster. The responses—widen circle of allies, pressure political leaders, use your voice, vote, be curious, describe the human cost of dismantling the U.S.
March 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As a nation, we are week by week less prosperous, less secure, less humane, less democratic, less prepared for a health crisis or a natural disaster. The responses—widen circle of allies, pressure political leaders, use your voice, vote, be curious, describe the human cost of dismantling the U.S.
When the wisdom of the saints is spiritually nourishing, politically necessary, prophetically convicting + missionally inviting. #stpatricksday
March 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When the wisdom of the saints is spiritually nourishing, politically necessary, prophetically convicting + missionally inviting. #stpatricksday
Pam and I met these two young women from Ukraine in July, 2023, in work with ReThinking Conflict, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They are fierce, committed leaders, and said repeatedly to us, “do not forget Ukraine, do not forget us.” I’m sickened by the U.S. abandonment and blame of #Ukraine.
February 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Pam and I met these two young women from Ukraine in July, 2023, in work with ReThinking Conflict, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They are fierce, committed leaders, and said repeatedly to us, “do not forget Ukraine, do not forget us.” I’m sickened by the U.S. abandonment and blame of #Ukraine.
January 6, 2021 (the icon)
January 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
January 6, 2021 (the icon)
If Jesus is Lord and if the Bible is true, this man was a great person, leader, president, disciple. To teach Sunday School and to build houses with the poor is personal and social holiness. He came to his own people and they did not receive him. Rest in peace President Carter!
December 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
If Jesus is Lord and if the Bible is true, this man was a great person, leader, president, disciple. To teach Sunday School and to build houses with the poor is personal and social holiness. He came to his own people and they did not receive him. Rest in peace President Carter!
Lunch yesterday at Central BBQ in Memphis, across the street from the Lorraine Hotel. The mural behind our table is overwhelming in documenting the sources. Without them there would be no Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Allman Brothers or Tom Petty. This is the cloud of witnesses.
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Lunch yesterday at Central BBQ in Memphis, across the street from the Lorraine Hotel. The mural behind our table is overwhelming in documenting the sources. Without them there would be no Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Allman Brothers or Tom Petty. This is the cloud of witnesses.
Crossed Newfound Gap today. FDR and the Civilian Conservation Corps made this happen, preserved God’s creation. Rockefeller’s gift crucial to the Park. We sorely need this kind of governance and philanthropy.
December 15, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Crossed Newfound Gap today. FDR and the Civilian Conservation Corps made this happen, preserved God’s creation. Rockefeller’s gift crucial to the Park. We sorely need this kind of governance and philanthropy.
With a work team in Barnardsville, North Carolina today.
December 8, 2024 at 2:07 AM
With a work team in Barnardsville, North Carolina today.