Engaging the Climate Crisis: a training for times like these
By Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
When you look out the window in a standard American neighborhood, things look pretty good. Get in the car or take...
Divestment: The Money Conversation You Need to Have at Charge Conference
The Money Conversation You Need to Have at Charge Conference
By The Rev. Jenny Phillips | Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
One of our primary tasks...
Question Time: Mission u Edition!
By Nica Sy
Nica Sy is a young person who attended Mission u, an annual cooperative mission experience by the PNW Conference’s United Methodist Women...
For the Love of God’s Creation
Science article-inspired haiku and watercolor from a series by Seattle oceanographer Gregory Johnson.
For the Love of God’s Creation
By the Rev. Jenny Phillips | Illustration by Gregory...
Hearing the plea: Safe water for all
By Linda Bloom
May 16, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
What happens to a community when there is no safe water supply? Look at Flint, Michigan.
The...
Fossil Free UMC Responds to United Methodist Pension Board Video for Central Conference Delegates
Seattle, WA—The United Methodist Church’s General Board of Pension and Health Benefits has released a video for central conference delegates instructing them to vote...
An Update from Standing Rock
Originally posted to the PNW UMC Board of Church & Society's Facebook Page.
It is 5am here and the Water Ceremony at Standing Rock Oceti...
Creation care team brings global perspective
By Linda Bloom | NEW YORK (UMNS)
Sotico Pagulayan knows firsthand how the acceleration of extreme drought and flooding in Cambodia has degraded the diet...
Remember You Are Earth: Simple Resources for Lent
How about changing the line on Ash Wednesday for the Imposition of Ashes to, "Remember that you are earth, and to earth you shall...
What’s So Scary About Bread?
By Rev. Jenny Phillips | Minister for Environmental Stewardship and Advocacy
"I can’t make bread--it’s too scary.” This is what a colleague said to me...