Wildfires Update: Our Work Continues – How to Volunteer – Get Training
By Jim Truitt
The wildfires in eastern Washington are finally either out or fully contained. State and Federal assessors are in the field this week...
Elders: Making Friends with Grief
Nurturing Elders and Others:
Making Friends with Grief
By the Rev. Paul Graves | "Grace" photo by Eric Enstrom
I think grief’s real task is to take...
Palmer: Trust God’s promise and go forth
By Kathy L. Gilbert
May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Bishop Gregory V. Palmer laid out a path for the 2016 United Methodist General Conference:...
Does it even matter if Jesus was a refugee?
Offering hospitality and compassion to the stranger is a foundation and repeated message of the Bible. How then, is Jesus' childhood status as a refugee something to deny?
Weekend of Resistance: A glimpse inside civil disobedience and my arrest
Colin Cushman, a Master of Divinity student at Boston University School of Theology, stands with the Rev. Michael McBride in protest at the Ferguson...
Review of 2012 General Conference Highlights-Part 2
Welcome back to Lift Up Christ and our continued review of The 2012 General Conference of The United Methodist Church!
The old secular phrase is...
Wild Goose Festival Coming to the Northwest!
The Wild Goose Festival, an exploration of the intersection between justice, spirituality and creativity is coming to the Pacific Northwest!
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A Humility in Bedtime
By the Rev. Cara Scriven | Tacoma District Superintendent
MMy least favorite part of the day is announcing bedtime. On the best of days, my...
Rich Lang: Looking Good on Wood
Looking Good on Wood
By the Rev. Rich Lang | Image by Wikimedia Commons
“The Bible’s definition of economic justice is the Jubilee, a far more...
Rev. Walker: On My Deafness and Blindness
On My Deafness and Blindness
The Rev. Robert L. Walker
Early in my life I collected heroes - one of music, the other of poetry and...
