Security
I feel a bit less secure today than I did yesterday. The General Conference has enabled the Bishop to not appoint a clergy person...
PlanUMC: Process or Product? Better than the Devil We KNow?
This post by the Rev. Jeremy Smith originally appeared on his blog, hackingchristianity.net
A recap for those of us just tuning in: The General Conference of...
A Peace to Reject
By Micah Coleman Campbell
"Blessed are the peacemakers," said Jesus on the mount and so too many a United Methodist in recent weeks. In the...
Guaranteed No More
This morning General Conference voted to strike language in the discipline guaranteeing appointments for “all elders in full connection who are in good standing.”
The...
No Guaranteed Appointments — No Big Deal
Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño on the Desert Southwest Annual Conference presides over General Conference as the 'security of appointments' is discussed on Tuesday, May 1...
Reflections from Bishop Hagiya – Week 2
Bishop Grant Hagiya addressing the General Conference during the Plenary Celebration and Challenge of the Mission and Ministry of The United Methodist Church on...
Will they know we are Christians by our love?
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
John 15:12, NIV
I don’t get it.
I try. I’ve talked, read, debated, prayed (a...
GC votes NO to ‘set aside’ Bishop
Bishop Sally Dyck presides over the General Conference Session on the morning of April 30, 2012. Photo by Patrick Scriven.
By David V. Valera
GC 2012...
Connectional Finances
I am horrible when it comes to finances. I bought a car just out of grad school when I should have waited until I...
Spark12 and the future of our connection
From left, the Rev. DJ del Rosario - General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, Patrick Scriven - Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, the Rev....
