#UMCGC Reflection: Standing at the Threshold
By Rev. Kay C. Barckley
May 25, 2016
From numerous vantage points, the impressive glass spires of the Oregon Convention Center appear to rise unattached into the...
Rev. Craig’s Thoughts on the Eve of Day 5 of #GC2012
It's Saturday night and the legislative committee portion of General Conference 2012 has ended. The Western jurisdiction took a major hit late this afternoon....
#UMCGC Reflection: Taking Care of Business
By David Reinholz
May 12, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
After a morning spent discussing and ultimately rejecting Rule 44, the 2016 General Conference of The United Methodist...
#UMCGC Reflection: The Holy Spirit is not “incompatible” with #UMCGC
By Rev. David Nieda
May 16, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
Going into the second week of my first General Conference, I have several observations, from the first...
#UMCGC Reflection: A day in the life of a Progressive delegate
By Rev. Monica Corsaro
May 11, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
Breweries, vegan pizza, hipsters, public transportation with the wafting scent of pot in the air; that is the...
REV. CRAIG’S THOUGHTS ON #GC2012 – DAY 3
Gail Grossman & the Rev. Craig Parrish talk as Peter Masundire works to stay connected. Photo by the Rev. David Valera.
Thursday
The day was long. I...
Preparing for the Unknown
How can we get ready for General Conference when so many things are up in the air?
Rev. Elizabeth Ingram Schindler shares how the PNW delegation has been preparing itself for the special session of General Conference later this month and offers suggestions on how United Methodists can do the same.
Rev. Mary Huycke hopes for Spirit-led discernment at 2019 General Conference
First-elected PNW Clergy Delegate to General Conference 2019, Rev. Mary Kohlstaedt Huycke, shares this short message expressing her hopes for the time next month in February. One hope is that delegates will engage not in "decision-making" but in real discernment that is open to the Holy Spirit.
Remembering that God is bigger than our institutions
“Love is bigger than our structures and our fraught attempts to follow the Way of Jesus.”
As she looks forward toward the 2019 General Conference in less than a month, Skylar Marston-Bihl finds herself considering the history of the denomination, and the tension that has always existed between grace and structure.
Skylar is a member of the 2019 PNW delegation to General Conference and the first-elected lay delegate for 2020.
Thoughts on #GC2012 after a week of less stressful living
Delegation members Marie Kuch, the Rev. Gloria Kymn, Amory Peck and the Rev. Craig Parrish share a light moment with their 'voting keypads' on...