Elders: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…

Portrait of artist Henry Moore, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Nurturing Elders and Others: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall By the Rev. Paul Graves | Photo courtesy of...

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...

And the children shall lead us…

According to Patrick Scriven, the advocacy of young people in the wake of last week's school shooting is both inspiring and unsettling. It's inspiring because it may be making a difference but it's unsettling because it also speaks to the brokenness of institutions like the federal government and The United Methodist Church.

Social Principles = Law in the #UMC?

Sorry to Non-Methodists, but this is a really inside-the-ballpark conversation.The United Methodist Church, the predecessors of which grew up during the rise of the...

While answering a call…can you GO HOME AGAIN?

By Bailey Brawner, Elizabeth Hurd, and Maggie Ward Bailey Brawner, Elizabeth Hurd, and Maggie Ward are all M.Div students at Boston University School of Theology....

A Greater Love…

Photo by the Rev. David V. Valera By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications, Young People's Ministries I was on an elliptical at my local YMCA when...

A Letter to Martin

Editor’s note: Each year, retired United Methodist Bishop Woodie W. White writes a "birthday letter" to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. about the progress of racial...

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.

Did you ever feel like the time before Christmas is just upside-down?

By the Rev. Paul Graves Do you remember the lead-up to Christmas when you were a child? If you now have children, or grandchildren, or...

Religion is supposed to bind us together; don’t use it to cast others out

"What religious tie binds/blinds you to persons you don’t agree with, or you negatively, harshly judge?" Rev. Paul Graves wrestles with the polarizing effect of religion in culture today, noting how it is better purposed to bind us together.

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