By Rev. Charles Harrell These past days, watching from a distance the awful events engulfing Ukraine, the psalmist’s lament has often come to mind: “I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.” (Psalm 120:7) Like many people, my own reactions to...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences , offered a prayer for the people of Ukraine and Russia at the Love Your Neighbor Coalition prayer service on Feb. 26. By Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling Even on the...
Four Christian organizations are strongly condemning the advance of the Russian military into Ukraine and the assault that began on the night of 24 February 2022. They call for Russian troops to be brought back to Russia and an immediate end to the conflict. “Peace must prevail,&rdquo...
A message from Bishop LaTrelle Easterling: Beloved, Our hearts break today as we learn of the war being waged on the people of Ukraine. My colleague and brother, Bishop Christian Alsted, offers a profound word at this grievous time. We join him and others around the globe who are praying for...
By Susan BenderChair, BWC-UMC Gun Violence Prevention Team At annual conference in October, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference passed a resolution declaring gun violence a public health emergency within our conference. Last week, a mother was killed in D.C...
By Susan Bender At annual conference in October, the Baltimore-Washington Conference passed a resolution declaring gun violence a public health emergency within our conference. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 2,300 children ages 0-17 were killed...
As churches continue to address the pandemic and the spiritual fatigue that can accompany it, many church leaders are wondering how they might respond and find renewal and vitality. The Rev. Jack Shitama, director of the Center on Vitality, recently shared some thoughts. I believe...
By Amy P. McCullough The Rev. Amy P. McCullough, chair of the Baltimore-Washington Conference's Board of Ordained Ministry, shares a personal reflection on gender, race and ministry and the study now being conducted among Conference clergy. One evening while unloading...
By Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt This year marks the 93rd anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth, and the 54th year after his assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. As was the case in 1968, the nation and world are fraught with various existential...
By Neal Christie The disparity between how we feel and how we ought to feel, leads to confusion where we were shaped by memories of holidays marked by endings: fractured relationships and unresolved conflicts, family and friends who have passed on, situations where we did not feel safe or...
