Things that fill my soul in Black History Month

Images courtesy of The United Methodist Reporter The observance this year of Black History Month has nearly concluded. In many communities and churches, special times...

Just Tell Your Story

"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."

The Complicated Business​ of Celebrating the Past

By Patrick Scriven As a child of the 80s, I've come to realize that I carry a fair amount of nostalgia for some movies and...

Commentary: The Pastor as Prude

2013 Academy Awards host Seth McFarlane. Photo courtesy of Disney ABD Television Group; Creative Commons License. Commentary by Rev. Melvin Woodworth* I don’t think I’m unduly...

While answering a call…can you GO HOME AGAIN?

By Bailey Brawner, Elizabeth Hurd, and Maggie Ward Bailey Brawner, Elizabeth Hurd, and Maggie Ward are all M.Div students at Boston University School of Theology....

On gun control: safe practice, as well as policy

On gun control: safe practice, as well as policy | By the Rev. William “Bo” Bryan, Jr. The Rev. William "Bo" Bryan, Jr. of Prosser...

Stop Preaching, Start Reaching!

By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications & Young People's Ministries I can't remember the last time a sermon changed my mind. There, I’ve said it....

Who knew?! Impressions of Mission u

Marilyn Reid, Jen Stuart, and Lyda Nisbet perform a skit highlighting women heroines in the Hebrew Scriptures. Who knew?! Impressions by a first-timer at Mission...

Musings: My Unconditional Love for the Church Compels and Challenges Me

    By Chasity Shavon Jones So often, we are involved in the church that we become numb to the numinosity and mystery that is the Church...

Seven Ministry Convictions, part 4

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...

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