Devotional

By the Rev. Cara Scriven | Tacoma District Superintendent Over the last year, I noticed that I was mindlessly checking Facebook when I had any...

Nancy Tam Davis, PNWAC Lay Leader I am reminded of that saying about the thousand-mile journey and how it begins with a single step. Without...

James Tissot: Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness (Brooklyn Museum) By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People’s Ministries Disclaimer. I’m not the most disciplined person,...

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” . . .  Pray for the peace...

Rev. Ferdinand Llenado went through a faith crisis as he experienced a paradigm shift from fundamentalism towards inclusive thinking. In this post on the PNW News Blog, Llenado shares several benedictions from his recently published book, shaped by this faith journey through the U.

By the Rev. Rich Lang | Seattle District Superintendent This week the clergy of our Conference gather in Vancouver for a Bishop's Symposium. On the one hand this...

The Rev. Mantu Joshi is sharing a liturgy he wrote inspired by a Carpenters song Bishop Karen Oliveto likes. He is offering it to churches who are interested with permission to use and adapt in worship.

By Rev. Richenda Fairhurst | Pastor, Camas United Methodist Church It is 10:39pm North Dakota time and I am frankly exhausted. But it has been...

By Pastor Nathan Hollifield | Originally in The Spire Time is a curious sort of thing when we begin to reflect on it deeply. Most of...

By the Rev. Cara Scriven | Tacoma District Superintendent CChristmas is my favorite holiday. I eagerly await the first day when I can play Christmas...