Conversation

Articles by lay and clergy members of the Annual Conference representing the specific viewpoints of the author and not necessarily the position of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference.

Who knew?! Impressions of Mission u

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Marilyn Reid, Jen Stuart, and Lyda Nisbet perform a skit highlighting women heroines in the Hebrew Scriptures. Who knew?! Impressions by a first-timer at Mission...

#UMCGC Reflection: Can the UMC Change?

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By David Reinholz May 11, 2016 | Portland, Oregon Powerless. That’s how it can feel sometimes as a member of a large bureaucratic and hierarchical institution. We...

Dr. Cornel West on Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Dr. Cornel West on Abraham Joshua Heschel By Jesse Love, the Rev. Katie Ladd and Pastor Karen Yokota On Saturday, March 8, Seattle’s Queen Anne UMC...

The Body of Christ Undivided

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I hope that it is clear that my main focus as your Episcopal leader is to fulfill our United Methodist Church mission statement:  “to...

Musings: Don’t Feed the Trolls!

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Musings & Younger Perspectives: Don't Feed the Trolls! By Patrick Scriven | Illustration by Wikimedia Commons The word ‘troll’ is used on the Internet to describe a...

What’s life REALLY like in seminary?

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By Bailey Brawner, Elizabeth Hurd, and Maggie Ward Three United Methodist women sit in a classroom, sipping coffee and tea on a cool Saturday morning...

Conforming with Nonconformity

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Commentary by Irene R. DeMaris, M.Div Earlier today, The Pacific Northwest Conference of The United Methodist Church began a conversation that the New England, Desert Southwest,...

Go, UMW!

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The last thing I ever expected, happened.  GC2012 is inspiring me.   This is what started it.  A photo of simple, green sign posted...

Some difficult questions about church staffing…

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By Patrick Scriven | Director of Communications and Young People's Ministries "The Department of Labor (DOL) announced its changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act...

Global Mission Fellows meet Dr. Cornel West

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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....

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