Chaplain speaks on experience at Oso Mudslide
Capt. Justin Townley shares from his experience of seeing Christ in the ongoing recovery efforts at the 530 mudslide in Oso, Washington. Townley currently...
Physically distant but socially connecting
Reflecting on the way United Methodists have been resourcing each other, Patrick Scriven writes that this "may be what connectionalism ought to look like — a missional falling away of our individualistic competition replaced by collaboration and the knowledge that we need each other."
The Church of the Resurrection and the Eschatology of Despair
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications & Young People’s Ministries
News of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection's $90 million plan to overhaul their...
United Methodists celebrate Pride in Seattle
Members of more than a dozen Seattle-area United Methodist churches came out in force to participate in Sunday’s annual Pride Parade. The Rev. David Valera spoke with several United Methodists in attendance to find out what it meant to them.
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...
The Well: Prophetic Speech in Our Public Commons (Video)
Katie Ladd welcomes Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood to experience The Well – a place for great conversation in an intimate sharing space.
Today, famed author,...
How do we see the shades of our faith? #UMCGC
Video by Patrick Scriven
May 16, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
“We do need to be seen; we do need to see each other. If we can’t...
Resource: A Gift of Music
By Peter Fraser
The following worship songs were written over the last eight years, and were inspired by a need for quality worship songs with...
Is the #UMC brand broken?
By Patrick Scriven
Regardless of how one identifies theologically, this last week was not a good one for the United Methodist brand.
If you were conservative,...