Dear Martin: Knowing Who We Are in a Multicultural Nation
Luneta National Park in the Philippines features art and poetry including "Ako Ay Pilipino".
By Jesse N. Love | Additional Photos by Nobel Foundation, Wikipedia
Note: This week,...
What if we’re making the wrong decisions?
By the Rev. Alissa Bertsch Johnson | Photo by Kathy Sawtells, cover illustration courtesy of Wikipedia
On Oct. 22, while preaching on Moses leading the...
Does God REALLY care who wins the Superbowl?
By Patrick Scriven | Director of Communications & Young People's Ministry
“Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you,
and on the...
Thousand Oaks
"So what will you do?" asks the Rev. Wes Stanton in the wake of another mass shooting. "What will you do, not only to help yourself to live further from the edge of violence and isolation, but to transform your web of acquaintances, your neighborhood, your community?"
Nurturing Elders: Signposts on a Journey of Woundedness
Outside the Oklahoma National Memorial Museum is the children’s memorial to honor the children killed. The wall tiles and courtyard were designed by other...
An argument for print and comprehension
Amazon Books is located in University Village in Seattle's U-District. Caz Salamanca is visiting this store for the first time and is enjoying a...
A reflection on exclusion and language by Paul Jeffrey
By the Rev. Paul Jeffrey
Some ten million people in the world today are stateless. They aren’t recognized as citizens of any nation. Without legal...
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...
For God so loved the USA
In response to a social media post on the Central American refugee crisis light on facts and compassion, Pastor Scott Rosekrans tried out a new approach that isn't "judgmental or threatening."
"I’m not looking to pick a fight... I just believe that [Christians] should be leading the fight to spread God’s love, mercy and righteousness."
What is your Change Theory?
"Change is harder than we often acknowledge," cautions Patrick Scriven in this commentary. While much of the conversation in The United Methodist Church has focused of problems with its polity, Scriven wonders if we are focusing enough attention on the day to day work of opening people's hearts and minds to new ways of seeing and being.
