Delegates listen, pray and decide

With elections over, Friday’s agenda at the North Central Jurisdictional Conference offered time for conversations and relationships.

Preaching to defeat racism

Bishop William H. Willimon warns preachers to guard against moralism or sentimentality when engaging congregations about racism.

Bishops call for healing

The United Methodist Council of Bishops issued the following statement on behalf of the Council in the wake of shootings in the U.S. this week.

A matter of life and death

In his blog, Home Words Bound, Benton Heisler names the sins of the world and looks for leaders who will act against them in the power of Christ.

UMW decry racism

Champions against racism for decades, United Methodist Women repeats their appeal to stop the violence and injustice in the wake of last week’s shootings.

Hearts break again

A letter to the Michigan Area and the nation addressing the loss of  life suffered in Dallas, Louisiana and Minnesota.

We need to make it stop

Bishop Deborah Lieder Kiesey expresses deep sadness and a challenge to action over violence in Orlando.

Harper Lee and Wesley

Harper Lee used the words “Methodist” and “John Wesley” in the first pages of her classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Let’s do US differently

How is it possible that for the second consecutive year, all twenty contenders in the acting category for the Oscars are white?

Disappointment and hope

Dear Martin: I wish this birthday letter might be more positive than the one I wrote last year. It is not!