Bishop Woodie to MLK: “Martin, I still believe.”
Retired United Methodist Bishop Woodie W. White reflects on the national conversation on race in his annual "birthday letter" to the Rev. Martin Luther...
The UMC Needs My Friend
I have a friend and she’s amazing. She’s the kind of person that we all want to come through our church doors. Her smile...
The parable of the Hot Dog
Commentary by Patrick Scriven
A story reported this morning on NPR gave me a little hope.
According to the Pioneer Press, Jaequan Faulkner, a 13-year-old entrepreneur...
Commentary: Reza Aslan, Rachel Held Evans and Our Problem with Authority
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People's Ministries
Two of the biggest religion stories over the past week involved the formerly Christian, Muslim...
The sky isn’t falling but the ship is sinking…
By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications & Young People’s Ministries
One of the most frustrating elements of our current denominational conflict is the air of...
Making My Daily Bread (Recipe Included!)
“Give us this day our daily bread…” this is the line in the Lord’s Prayer that I most take for granted. In my household,...
Tears and Open Hearts: Peacemaking Coordinating Team works to restore lives
By the Rev. Terri Stewart | Photos by Thary Sun Lim
Seattle, Wash. – Inside the King County Juvenile Court’s Youth Service Center lobby, the...
Who is God to us? What does God mean to you?
By Nica Sy | Photos by Hazel Rollolazo and Kevin Tabora
Christmas Institute 2017, or CI, challenged campers to question, explore, and discover the role...
Westboro UMC?
According to their website, Westboro Baptist Church is coming to picket the General Conference tomorrow, or as they say, "their annual convention in Tampa."...
Guaranteed Appointments: Speaking from the heart
I've been looking at The Call to Action documents for over a year and conversations about this from my United Methodist Polity class...
