The Weapons-Free Zone Conversation
Dana Lede and Megan Ernst Kilpatrick at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Sessions in Wenatchee, Wash.
After Conference:
The WFZ Conversation Continues
By Dana Lede
In discussion...
The Spiritual Practice of Being Something Else
By Patrick Scriven
Over the next week, millions of Americans will throw on a costume and pretend to be someone they are not. I, for...
A Woman, Some Nard, and the Savior
Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease. During dinner, a woman came in with a vase made...
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...
Creating new traditions and beginning anew in 2018!
By Pastor Karen Yokota Love | Additional Photos by Wikipedia and Patrick Scriven
Believe it or not, the most important holiday in my family wasn’t...
Elders: Safe Sanctuary to Include Older Adults
The background image above features a photo of The Sanctuary of St. Mary's Cathedral courtesy of Wikipedia. For more info on this image,...
Elders: Were you initiated into aging?
By the Rev. Paul Graves | Photos courtesy of Wikipedia, et. al.
Do you remember some of the “initiating rites” you either enjoyed or endured...
Reflections from Bishop Hagiya – Week 2
Bishop Grant Hagiya addressing the General Conference during the Plenary Celebration and Challenge of the Mission and Ministry of The United Methodist Church on...
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...
Conferences reject church’s stance on gays
More than 500 members of the 2012 Iowa Annual (regional) Conference signed a “Do No Harm” covenant. Photo courtesy of the Iowa Annual Conference,...