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Articles by lay and clergy members of the Annual Conference representing the specific viewpoints of the author and not necessarily the position of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference.

An Open Letter to the UMC

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An Open Letter to the UMC By Amy Pazan | Photos by Wikimedia Commons Amy Pazan, an active young person in The Pacific Northwest Conference passionately...

Musings: Don’t Feed the Trolls!

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Musings & Younger Perspectives: Don't Feed the Trolls! By Patrick Scriven | Illustration by Wikimedia Commons The word ‘troll’ is used on the Internet to describe a...

Defining Hospitality

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By R. Preston Price* If I were to define hospitality, I would simply say, “Des Moines United Methodist, Des Moines, Washington.” Before Bishop Jack Tuell died,...

Our Future is Mobile

By Patrick Scriven | Director of Communications & Young People’s Ministry The future is mobile, whether we like it or not. In 2007, Microsoft CEO Steve...

Does God REALLY care who wins the Superbowl?

By Patrick Scriven | Director of Communications & Young People's Ministry “Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the...

Musings: We MUST allow ourselves to be TRANSFORMED

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Musings & Younger Perspectives: Being Transformed By Nico Romeijn-Stout | Photo by Jesse N. Love “As I look at the United Methodist Church today,...

Are you breaking up with me?

Hello it's me, your church building. I'm writing to you today to try to clear the air. To be honest, I'm not sure that...

Preparing Ourselves for a New Church

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As you may have already heard, PNW is undergoing a Ministry Fund Drive to transform United Methodism in the Pacific Northwest to a brighter...

Schindler: On an Imperfect Mandela and His Legacy

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After Mandela: Moving Towards Perfection with Hope By the Rev. Elizabeth Ingram Schindler | Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (view more info here). Shortly before I...

God is on the Side of the Damned

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"The point being that the core and foundation of the faith of Jesus is a commitment not to an abstract justice but to the...

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