Elders: Listen to Your Questions!

Nurturing Elders and Others: Listen to Your Questions: Active Listening to Your Inner-Self By The Rev. Paul Graves Nearly four years ago, I began to verbalize a...

We Make the Road by Walking Gayly Forward

"[W]e are in a battle for the soul of our denomination," writes the Rev. Zach Taylor in commentary on the PNW News Blog. Taylor shares how the church he is planting in Walla Walla responded to General Conference tumult in a way faithful to their identity.

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,...

Tacoma Methodists stand with victims of Charlottesville

By Jesse N. Love | Additional Photos by Karen Yokota Love “Why do we have such a difficult time showing compassion to our neighbors?” This is...

Your Thoughts and Prayers have just Arrived

A recent Facebook post with a meme criticizing the "thoughts and prayers" response to disasters got under the skin of Scott Rosekrans, pastor of Port Hadlock Community UMC. He spent some time reflecting on what prayer should mean to Christians and how a sincere faith is inevitably coupled with action.

Massachusetts church says it’s open for same-sex weddings

A UMNS Report by Sam Hodges The council of Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church in Cambridge, Mass., has approved a “Marriage Equality Statement” saying that the...

Journeys: “…together we can do what we cannot do alone.”

Amory Peck and Joan Holms are pictured at the 2012 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference. Journeys | By Joan Holms I find that I have many more...

Global Mission Fellows meet Dr. Cornel West

Gretchen Brown, the Rev. Katie Ladd, Dr. Cornel West, Sarah Roemer and Janjay Innis gather after West’s visit to The Well at Queen Anne UMC....

Dear Dr. King: The Legacy Continues to be Shaped

(Left) Statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. over the west entrance of Westminster Abbey (Church of England, Anglican Communion). Installed in 1998, sculpted by...

MLK Day: The Work of Justice Must Go On

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day march in Seattle took place on January 16 and began at Garfield High School to the Henry M. Jackson...

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