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April 5, 2021 In the 1960s, my parents owned a motel in Wildwood, N.J. When I was only 7 years old, a friend and I decided one day we knew how to swim and went to the beach on our own. Not that we told
DOWNLOAD THIS RESOURCE AS A PDF >> The work of cross-racial/cross-cultural (CRCC) ministry requires one to juggle a variety of mindsets, heart sets, and skill sets. This work requires one to root one’s identity in a spirit of openness and humility as one journeys with others across differences.
April 15, 2021 I remember the pastor sharing the resurrection story and carefully and convincingly highlighting the women who were first to arrive at the empty tomb and become the first evangelists. He asked us to see ourselves in the ongoing story of Good News
September 4, 2023 Bishop Melvin Talbert died on August 3rd at the age of 89. One of seven children born to sharecropper parents in rural Louisiana, he was ordained a pastor in 1963 into a segregated Methodist church. He was elected and served as bishop
August 30, 2023 It’s the first sermon by a new pastor at the church. She is not Caucasian. “What did you think of our new pastor?” one congregation member asks another. The reply: “Well, actually, I don’t know what I think, because I couldn’t understand
2023년 8월 16일 2023년 8월 15일, 연합감리교회의 한인 감독과 감리사들 그리고 총회 기관과 연회를 섬기는 연대사역자들과 각 한인선교구를 섬기는 선교감리사들이 화상으로 모임을 열고, 한인연합감리교회의 현 상황과 미래 그리고 다가오는 10월 특별한인총회에 대한 의견을 나누었다. 연합감리교회의 감독과 감리사 그리고 연대사역자들과 선교감리사들이 처음으로 함께한 이 모임은 유일한
November 19, 2021 At age four and a half, I was enrolled in the local elementary school kindergarten. I was picked on, spat upon and called everything but a child of God by my classmates. However, what hurt me the most was that the teacher
August 29, 2023 Even with the denomination’s church-exit policy winding down, The United Methodist Church’s top court faces questions about disaffiliation procedures. The Judicial Council has set its shortest fall docket in at least 15 years, with just six items. But at issue in half of those
August 22, 2023 The status and future of the Korean American United Methodist Church and the upcoming special gathering of the Association of Korean American United Methodists were the main topics at an Aug. 15 Zoom meeting of Korean American faith leaders. The meeting was
August 11, 2023 The 2019 Special Session of General Conference convened in St. Louis was a decidedly painful, if not embarrassing, moment for The United Methodist Church. Whatever one’s biblical or theological perspective, the conversations and debate on the floor were far from loving, caring,
