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Conference-wide Bible Study begins the week of May 8, 2022. All are invited to register and participate for three consecutive weeks, via ZOOM.
March 24, 2022 For United Methodists with close ties to Ukraine, the Russian invasion of that country is an ever-present, wrenching concern, keeping them tethered to news reports and social media, and costing them sleep. It’s also an occasion to try to help, however far
March 22, 2022 In Zimbabwe and worldwide, people living with albinism often suffer stigma and discrimination. Albinism is a congenital condition characterized in humans by the partial or complete absence of melanin pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. Albinism is associated with several vision defects, such as photophobia,
As we close out Women’s History Month, I want to offer some recommendations for my clergy sisters on the journey, as well as insights on how the church can be true to equity and equality for women within and beyond The United Methodist Church. For
In fall 1999, I enrolled in a master’s degree program in African American Studies at Clark Atlanta University, a historically black school in the Atlanta University Center, which includes Morehouse and Spelman colleges. The first class we took was “AAS 501: Africa and the African Diaspora.” We
As a child of the ’70s, I was raised by loving parents to be “colorblind”: to not see race, to treat everyone as simply “human,” to see everyone as a child of God. When I became a parent, this attitude stuck with me. My spouse
As we approach the season of Thanks-giving for God’s abundant grace and nourishment in our lives, it may be shocking to learn that across colleges and university campuses, many students are dealing with the reality of hunger as they pursue their higher education goals. Housing
Planning the biennial Cal-Pac Clergy Convocation happens well in advance. Each time the Orders Executive Committee plans such an event we ask ourselves what kind of service component we want to include. The Rev. Greg Norton had experienced the organization Stop Hunger Now while serving
By Susan Naslund, Companion Writer The banner on the Cal-Pac Camps website proclaims, “Camping changes lives.” Hearing about Danica Tsuchida makes it real. Danica, now a senior at UCLA, has been an advocate for camp since her summers at Camp Cedar Glen in Julian, California.
By James J. Kang On December 31, 2014, an interesting story was posted on vox entitled, “Google knows what your New Year’s resolutions are going to be,” (Danielle Kurtzleben). The story had graphs and charts, via University of Oxford’s Max Roser, of significant upward spikes
