Andrew C. Thompson is an elder in the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church who has served pastoral appointments in Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Carolina. Beginning in the fall of 2011, he will teach Wesleyan theology at Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tenn. Andrew writes "Gen-X Rising," a bi-weekly column in the United Methodist Reporter that reaches over 120,000 people in its print and online editions. His widely read blog (www.genxrising.com) covers issues related to culture & faith in the UMC from a Generation X perspective.