What can Methodists learn from Starbucks?
A well-publicized incident at a Starbucks in Philadephia left the Seattle-based business reassessing its policies and considering the impact of unconscious bias on the hospitality it offers.
Kristina Gonzalez reflects on the company's response, including a company-wide closure and training this week, and considers what we might learn from it.
Standing with Standing Rock, Part One
By Kristina Gonzalez | Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church
Part 1: Mni Wiconi, Water is Life
Early morning in North Dakota is dark...
Deadline to apply for Ethnic Local Church Grants
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aug. 10 is the deadline to apply for an Ethnic Local Church Grant from the United Methodist General Board of Church...
How can people of faith confront prejudice? Jesus paused.
By Kristina Gonzalez | Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is...
What does it mean to “take up your cross and follow me”?
By Pastor Lyn Rush
Lyn Rush serves Pinoy Van-Port Ministries in Vancouver, Wash. This new church start serves Filipino Americans and immigrants with a keen...
JLO: Fullness of Hope
Jamaa Letu Orphanages
Fullness of Hope
By Barbara Dadd Shaffer
Jamaa Letu Orphanages are located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These places receive PNW Conference...
Christmas Institute PNW: Out of the Shadows, Into the Light
This year's Christmas Institute explored the 'shadows' of our spiritual lives while bringing others onto a path with Christ. CI-PNW was on December 26-30,...
Video: Get to know a Dreamer
Jose Enrique Hernandez is a member of Dios Viviente United Methodist Church in Seattle and a 'Dreamer.' In this video, Jose reflects on what the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program means for him and his friends and family.
