As the special session of General Conference prepares to convene in St. Louis, people within the Baltimore-Washington Conference and The United Methodist Church have a number of viewpoints about finding a way forward on the church’s response to homosexuality. Members of the board of...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and the Council of Bishops invite every local United Methodist church to use this special prayer in church on Sunday, Feb. 24. We continue to pray for all those at the Special Session of General Conference in St. Louis. Gracious and loving God, who leads, teaches and...
Ancient church mothers and fathers often greeted one another with the phrase, “Give me a word.” This greeting led to the sharing of insights and wisdom. Today we continue this tradition with this monthly column. Humility By Mandy SayersLead Pastor, Glen Mar UMC, Ellicott...
Beloved of God, As we look toward to Feb. 23-26 and the Special Session of General Conference, anxieties are running high, uncertainty permeates the air, and last-minute appeals are being made to influence delegates’ votes. These are, without a doubt, trying times in the life of our denomination.
By Rev. Leo Yates, Jr.* Questions. There were a lot of questions from the first day of class all the way through the last day of class. Addictions, both substance-related and behavioral addictions, and social support were among the topics of discussion and study during the...
NOTE: Faith leaders in the Washington, D.C. region have issued a call to justice and hope in light of the ongoing federal government shutdown in an open letter to President Donald Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell. The letter calls on them to end...
"Your calling is to point to the light you see," says the Rev. John Nupp. Explore more about God's call in your life.
When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal the broken, to feed the hungry, to release the prisoner, to rebuild the...
It appears to me that it will require a miracle for this denomination to survive (here in the United States) another 20 years. Not only is the 2019 General Conference fraught with peril, but even more foreboding is the 20 year prognosis for all historic denominations in the...
By Rev. Bryant M. Oskvig* I serve as a Chaplain at a Catholic University, and for the last few months, I have been part of conversations, panels, and dialogues around the crisis due to the recent revelations of abuse and cover-up that have occurred in the Roman Catholic Church. The number...
