November 21, 2022 | A Message from Bishop LaTrelle Easterling Oh Lord, my God! When I, in awesome wonderConsider all the worlds Thy hands have madeI see the stars, I hear the rolling thunderThy power throughout the universe displayedThen sings my soul, my Savior God to TheeHow great Thou art...
Colleagues, Yesterday, on June 9, there was a shooting at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg, near Hagerstown. Initial police reports indicate that three people were killed and one was wounded. The gunman and a police officer were also shot and injured after the gunman fled the...
After receiving the devastating news of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, I needed to take a breath. I took some time for tears, I took a moment for anger, I took a while for reflection. But on this day after the school shooting, the sadness, rage, and so many questions linger. I...
Beloved, all hearts join in sorrow and grief for those families who suffered loss yesterday in Buffalo, New York. The mind cannot fathom that in the blink of an eye such senseless tragedy occurred again. With this shooting, we witnessed hatred become violence again. Again.
The Gospel for this Easter morning as recorded in John opens with Mary Magdalene arriving to find the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Not completely grasping what has transpired, she runs to tell the other disciples what she has seen and what it might mean for their beloved Teacher. As the...
O for a heart to praise my God, a heart from sin set free, a heart that always feels thy blood so freely shed for me.A heart in every thought renewed and full of love divine, perfect and right and pure and good, a copy, Lord, of thine.-- from "O For a Heart to Praise My God," United...
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...
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...
Black History Month begins today. If I am completely honest, I have never really cared for this observance. It feels like a participation trophy for an entire race that has been as much a part of the history of this country as almost any other. There is no United States of America without the...
“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree” – that all 81 Methodist preachers should ride to Baltimore for a Christmas Conference. . . The year was 1784, when the Rev. Thomas Coke met with Francis Asbury at Barratt’s Chapel near Dover, Del., to...
