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November 22, 2022 Final reflections on this year’s summit for the 27th United Nations’ meeting of the Conference of the Parties Going nearly two days beyond their scheduled deadline, World leaders at the United Nations climate summit (COP27) delivered a final deal this past Sunday,
November 16, 2022 In 2001, the Rev. John Holler and a mission team from South Carolina traveled thousands of miles to work at the Fairfield Children’s Home. They fell in love with the orphans and The United Methodist Church’s Old Mutare Mission that was caring
November 21, 2022 There is a struggle going on for the hearts and minds of United Methodist members and congregations, and it has gained intensity since the further postponement of General Conference and the founding of the Global Methodist Church. Traditionalist caucus allies of the
November 17, 2022 In the wake of the election of Bishop Delores “Dee” Williamston, the first Black woman elected to the episcopacy in the South Central Jurisdiction, the latest installment of “Hollering for Change” looks at the history-making event. The Rev. Dr. Tori Butler speaks
November 28, 2022 “In this strange season when we are suspended between realization and expectation, may we be found honest about the darkness and perceptive of the light.” – Jack Boozer, Professor of Religion, Emory University and community activist (1918-1989). Never has Advent been more poignant.
The remaining weeks of the 117th U.S. Congress will be crucial to determining the structure of the Child Tax Credit. We can make a long-lasting impact on child poverty within the United States by advocating for Congress to include a fully refundable, monthly tax credit
October 20, 2022 Arlington Korean United Methodist Church recently launched a sermon and learning series on inclusivity and building new relationship. The series, based on the scripture in Galatians 3:18 (“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and
November 9, 2022 Nine words spoken by John Wesley are the through line to the career of the Rev. Collins Etchi Ako, a United Methodist missionary serving in Congo. “I look upon all the world as my parish,” the founder of Methodism wrote in one
November 8, 2022 Some bosses demand respect, but servants of God earn it by inspiring, motivating and developing a shared vision among many. Zimbabwe Area Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa provided that inspiration when he joined Zimbabwe Volunteers in Mission in painting a new mega-block at United Methodist Hanwa
November 10, 2022 If you routinely check that organ/tissue-donor box on your driver’s license, you may not give it a second thought. For United Methodist Jennifer Loud, however, that simple gesture saved her life. She was diagnosed in 2002 with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, an
