#UMCGC Reflection: ‘My Dear Delegate.’ On tablets, placards, and “getting dragged into the 21st...
By Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
May 14, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
A word on Rule 6.
I am not sure whether I find it refreshing or horrifying that we...
Rule 44 Vote: Observations from a #UMCGC clergy delegate on what might have been
Thursday, May 12, 2016
By Pam Brokaw
Pacific Northwest Conference delegate and clergy member Mary Huycke said she had several emotions including disappointment when the General...
49 Scholars Call for United Methodist Fossil Fuel Divestment
Portland, OR—49 scholars, both United Methodist and teaching at United Methodist-affiliated institutions, have released an open letter to General Conference delegates, calling them to...
Rev. Craig’s Thoughts Mid-Day 5 of #GC2012
The Rev. Craig Parrish shares a light moment with the Rev. DJ del Rosario, a member of the PNW Conference who works for the...
Stanovsky: ‘We will not leave divided’
By Charmaine Robledo
May 20, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
On the last day of the 2016 General Conference, Bishop Elaine Stanovsky of the Mountain Sky...
#UMCGC Reflection: Something I can tell my church
By Rev. Elizabeth Ingram Schindler
May 18, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
For the last 48 hours, all the talk, the rumors, the underlying current at General Conference,...
Bishop Dyck says pope inspired her
By Anne Marie Gerhardt
May 13, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Pope Francis has been inspiring Bishop Sally Dyck. No, she isn’t converting to Catholicism, but...
Bishop Devadhar: Listen to each other and God
By Beth DiCocco
May 14, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar used the familiar story of the Magi (Matthew 2:1-12) to urge General Conference...
Mandatory penalties ruled unconstitutional
By Linda Bloom
May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Imposing a mandatory penalty during the “just resolution” process for a clergyperson admitting to committing a...
Rev. Craig Parrish’s Thoughts – Day 7
The Rev. Craig Parrish speaks to the morning meeting of the Western Jurisdiction. Photo by Patrick Scriven.
It has been awhile since I took the...
