Bishop LaTrelle Easterling was scheduled to make remarks at the Interfaith Prayer Vigil in Washington, D.C. June 3. The vigil, which you can read about here, was interrupted. Below are her remarks. I want to thank Bishop Mariann Budde for the invitation to participate in this vigil. May God...
by Erik Alsgaard The coronavirus does not affect everyone the same. As more people become infected and, sadly, die, the death rates among African Americans, Latinos, and others are disproportionate to their numbers in the general population. In Washington D.C., the rate of death per 100,000...
Foundry United Methodist Church has gained renown as a place where U.S. leaders, including Congress members and presidents, come to worship.However, the prominent Washington congregation has another side to its 205-year history — a source not of reminiscence but of repentance. In...
By Erik Alsgaard, Heather Hahn, and Sam Hodges* The Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, center, answers a question at the press conference following UMCNext. With her are fellow convening team members, the Rev. DJ del Rosario, left, and Karen G. Prudente. Photo by David Burke, Great Plains...
By Melissa Lauber For many, last year’s vandalism at Glenelg High School was a headline about racist graffiti that sparked thoughts of hate and intolerance and faded with the next week’s news. But for the Rev. Gayle Annis-Forder and Linden Linthicum UMC, those events are...
Journeys together are wonderful ways to build community and learn more about who we are in light of the diversity that is incumbent in community. Since 2006, I have had the privilege of leading groups of scholars from Wesley Theological Seminary and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in...
This year marks the 90th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth, and the 51st year after his assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. As was the case in 1968, the nation and world today are wrought with social, economic, political and religious upheaval. Over the past...
9:00 a.m. The weight of our next steps were made more real as some of those pictured above gave me their valuables for safekeeping. By the time we left the press conference at 10:30-ish, I was in possession of one Bible, three wallets, four cell phones, a wedding ring and a backpack that...
The first official event for the United Methodists engaging in the Love Knows No Borders kickoff event was a visit to Christ Ministry Center led by Rev. Bill Jenkins. Watch the video to learn more about the context of this ministry. This ministry center is a 501c3 with many components to...
I have a confession: this kind of thing makes me very uncomfortable. I have never considered myself a protestor or social activist. While I have marched and helped plan and execute a rally in recent years, I have never participated in an action where civil disobedience was a part of the plan. I...
