Opinion/Editorial

“Give us this day our daily bread…” this is the line in the Lord’s Prayer that I most take for granted. In my household,...

  By the Rev. Richenda Fairhurst | Collage by Jesse N. Love* Note: This week, clergy and laity from the PNWUMC will be sharing letters in...

Housebreaking Ageism in the Church | By the Rev. Paul Graves A few months ago, I invited us to consider naming the unidentified elephants that...

Colin Cushman, a Master of Divinity student at Boston University School of Theology, stands with the Rev. Michael McBride in protest at the Ferguson...

"Story telling just hasn’t made enough difference." Amory Peck, former PNW Conference Lay Leader and delegate to a number of General Conferences, shares her story of advocating for change in The United Methodist Church and her take on the Uniting Methodist Movement. She believes their proposal to be a overreaching call for unity in the church "done on the backs of too, too many children of God."

A large group of African-American spectators stands on the banks of Buffalo Bayou to witness a baptism. Many umbrellas are present indicating an effort...

  By The Rev. Ron Hines | Photos by John Hill, Jesse N. Love, and Jenny Phillips In their many Ways, people of faith across the...

"Could it be that God invented the Resurrection of Jesus as a dramatic reminder for us that death, for all of its power to imprison us in our fears, will not be the end of Life? " In a letter to his grandchildren reflecting on the odd occasion of Easter and April Fool's day sharing a date on the calendar, Rev. Paul Graves makes the case that it is perfectly appropriate.

By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People's Ministry I went to an environmentally focused liberal arts college for undergrad back in the late...

By Rev. Dale Cockrum | Inland District Superintendent In the last several Inland Steeples (part 1, part 2, part 3), I've been sharing a conversation I had...