Pope iOS 7 – Is there substance beneath the style?
Commentary by Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People's Ministries
This week found millions of people upgrading their iPhones to iOS 7. Web traffic...
I just left the funeral for my church…
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People's Ministry
I went to an environmentally focused liberal arts college for undergrad back in the late...
Review: Spiritual Kaizen
Bishop Grant Hagiya of the Greater Northwest Area speaks about developing new leaders, one of the denomination's Four Areas of Focus during an April...
UMC Cyber Campus Offers Education Anytime, Anywhere
By Vicki Brown*
Training materials for annual conference Boards of Ordained Ministry, presentations from a churchwide sexual ethics summit, and a lecture by a well-known...
President Obama and the Tale of Two American Pastors
Screen capture of a Facebook post by Mark Driscoll, founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington.
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications, Young...
A Greater Love…
Photo by the Rev. David V. Valera
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications, Young People's Ministries
I was on an elliptical at my local YMCA when...
Initial PNW Social Media Survey Findings & Advice
Most PNW Churches are experimenting with their Social Presence
Based on a survey of churches and additional work spent scouring the internet, we know that...
Egypt: Advent in Tahrir Square
Advent: waiting that takes your breath away. Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
By Rev. Paul Jeffrey, reprinted with permission from his blog - Global Lens.
It is Advent...
This Year, Reclaim Christmas
The United Methodist Church advertising has begun – contrasting the usual sales ads with an alternative: Reclaim Christmas.
How does your local church benefit from...