article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 18, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 24 COMMENTARIES A Christmas letter to my daughter Dear Mei-Lian, I have no idea where life will take you. I have dreams for you. I watch you and try to imagine what the...
By Becky ZimmermanSpecial to the UMConnectionFor the past seven years, the women of Westminster UMC have been getting away together to begin to know God and each other a little better. This get-away, which has become an annual event, is a retreat that can be organized to help enrich the lives of...
BY ERIK ALSGAARDUMCONNECTION STAFFAs the first of three 2006 Leadership Days began Jan. 14 in Inwood, W.Va., with Bishop John R. Schol teaching on spiritual leadership, more than 420 people gathered to go deeper on the Discipleship Adventure. By the time all three Leadership Days had finished...
Exodus 31:1-11BY DEBBIE SCOTTI believe art and religion are powerfully connected. One source that helped me to understand this connection was a book written more than 30 years ago by Chaim Potok, called 'My Name is Asher Lev.' Like so many of Potok?s novels, this book invites us into a world...
BY ROD MILLERSPECIAL TO THE UMCONNECTIONAt the upcoming session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, members of newly forming and re-forming conference boards and agencies will be elected. As the new conference organizational structure unfolds, people who serve on conference boards...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary March 17, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 6 NEWS Connecting worship and daily living in Lent By Daniel BenedictLent is a time of preparation for the initiation of people into the Christian life in baptism. It is also a time for the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary APRIL 2, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 7 COMMENTARIES Scripture, cost and bias justify ban on death penalty BY CATHY KNEPPER As I entered the sanctuary for the Ash Wednesday service at St. Pauls UMC in Kensington, I...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Commentary reprinted from the Jan 2, 2002, issue United States also guilty of terrorism BY TERRY MACARTHUR My grandfather was a terrorist, the Kenyan man said as he drove me home from church after a...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary December 18, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 24 COMMENTARIES A Christmas prayer for children abused by war by Neal Christie An evergreen bends bough low to arch, breaks through still ground and gestures with supple arms...
In May, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference adopted a motion calling for a series of dialogues on issues related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) orientation.The petition, presented by Foundry UMC in Washington, D.C., asked that Bishop John R. Schol appoint a team to...
