Women’s March: United Methodists Step Up
Opinion by the Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
This Saturday, perhaps a million women will be participating in a ‘Women’s March’ to draw attention to the issues many...
Welcoming the Stranger in Worship (In Two Parts)
By the Rev. Keith Hackett | Photos by Jesse N. Love
Part 1: “Excuse me, but you’re in my seat.”
Since retiring three years ago, Joan...
If we’re not walking with Christ, then what are we doing?
By Pastor Nico Romeijn-Stout | Photos by Ken Fankhauser
In the past year, I’ve attended so many marches, rallies, protests, vigils, and other public actions that...
I just left the funeral for my church…
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...
MLK Day: The Work of Justice Must Go On
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day march in Seattle took place on January 16 and began at Garfield High School to the Henry M. Jackson...
A reflection on exclusion and language by Paul Jeffrey
By the Rev. Paul Jeffrey
Some ten million people in the world today are stateless. They aren’t recognized as citizens of any nation. Without legal...
“Yes, I am called, but how, and to what?”
By Sophia K.R. Agtarap
This notion of being called is not a new one.
Scripture is peppered with stories of our foreparents in faith being called...
Together, we will get there (…and this is not a personal thing)
Marches for Ebola virus awareness and for the response to the death of Michael Brown.
Together, we will get there (…and this is not...
Elders: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
Portrait of artist Henry Moore, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Nurturing Elders and Others:
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
By the Rev. Paul Graves | Photo courtesy of...
Biblical Obedience
By Roy I. Sano, Bishop | The United Methodist Church
A growing number of United Methodist clergy are conducting same gender unions in violation of...