Conversation

Our Reflections in the Water: The Memorial & Communion Service By Jesse N. Love with Sophia K.R. Agtarap Thursday evening’s Memorial and Communion service served as...

    By Kathy Bryson Be a part of the disaster response community and help those in need. The PNWUMC Volunteers in Mission team is hosting the...

By the Rev. Al Aosved | Photo courtesy of Wikipedia and Jesse N. Love It is Thursday. Folks have been busy moving from room to room, picking...

"From benign bicyclists ignoring stop signs to increasingly toxic shoving matches to the horrors of mass shootings, zero-sum games are played every day." For the Rev. Paul Graves, the pervasive winner-takes-all mentality this engenders stands in contrast to the ministry and teachings of Jesus.

Meredith Gudger-Raines reflects on the story of Moana, her journey to discover her identity, and the urgent need of the Church to remember its own.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  Learn more about the image, here. By the Rev. Paul Graves On November 8, we all have a chance to vote...

PNW Lay Tributes (a Hunger Games reference if you are unfamiliar). Photo of Marie Kuch & Gail Grossman by the Rev. David Valera. I know this...

By the Rev. Paul Graves One of my favorite Biblical stories for decades has been The Prodigal Son parable. For a variety of reasons it...

UMC social-justice agency applauds House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force findings By the General Board of Church and Society Urges Congress not to ignore crescendo of...

By Ellis Waller-Walker I am a boomer and confronting getting older. The irony is that I happened to have a background in aging as a...