If we’re not walking with Christ, then what are we doing?
By Pastor Nico Romeijn-Stout | Photos by Ken Fankhauser
In the past year, I’ve attended so many marches, rallies, protests, vigils, and other public actions that...
Path1 training event envisions new church through First 12
A Path1 training event focusing on the "First 12" was held at the PNW Conference Office and Wesley Homes Terrace. Path1 serves to provide resources...
Kryptonite
By Sue Magrath | Sacred Mountain Ministries
We all have it—that area of vulnerability, the Achilles heel which we hope will never catch up with us. But it...
PNW Board of Ordained Ministry releases statement on ministry candidates, sexual orientation, and gender...
By Patrick Scriven
May 6, 2016 SEATTLE, Wash.
When it met yesterday at Ronald United Methodist Church just north of Seattle, the Pacific Northwest Conference Board...
Embracing a Season of Fruitfulness at the Summit
Attendees of the quadrennial Leadership Summit close worship in prayer before beginning workshops. This year, the summit was held at Vancouver: First UMC.
The Leadership...
What do Benedictine monks and United Methodist clergy have in common?
By the Rev. Meredith Dodd | Pastor, Bear Creek United Methodist Church
What do Benedictine monks and United Methodist clergy have in common?
At first glance,...
PNW United Methodists Bring Faith Values to Olympia
Marie Kuch, Kelly Dahlman-Oeth, Nathan Hollifield, and Jenny Phillips meet in between workshop sessions at Faith Advocacy Day in Olympia.
By the Rev. Jenny Phillips...
Sabbatical Wisdom
By the Rev. DJ del Rosario
In the summer of 2016, I engaged in my first sabbatical as a United Methodist clergy person. In reflecting on...
Compassion Fatigue
By Rev. Joy Martin, ordained deacon
Imagine my surprise when an accomplished organizational development author and speaker once told me, "Your problem is that you...
Spiritual Direction as Spiritual Practice
"We spoke for over an hour and in that time she asked me what spiritual direction meant to me. That’s when I said these words: “spiritual direction is a spiritual practice.”"
In a post for the Clergy Wellness Corner, the Rev. Lara Bolger shares her experiences with spiritual direction and encourages colleagues to consider it as a spiritual practice of their own.