FROM THE EDITOR BY ERIK ALSGAARDIt seems like we've become a people consumed with death lately. Again.First, it was Terri Schaivo and that horrible situation in Florida. Say what you will about the actors on that stage, the plot centered on death. And transported by the media, even...
BY BETY REILLYUnited Methodist News ServiceDuring a visit this year with Sudanese President Al-Bashir, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice witnessed the Sudanese security staff 'manhandling' reporters and staff members. The incident angered Secretary Rice, and she demanded an apology from...
By Melissa LauberUMConnection StaffAs many people and churches in the Baltimore-Washington Conference begin the clean-up following a four-day deluge that brought up to 13 inches of rain to the region, the congregation of Garfield UMC is mourning the death of three of its own.On June 27, Jessie...
GREEN SPRING, W. Va. - Last fall Otterbein UMC celebrated its 80th anniversary. The church has 12 members who meet faithfully each week, said the Rev. William Bice, who has served the church 10 years in his retirement, but on Sept. 24, 50 people were in the pews. Some of the visitors were...
When youth started skateboarding in Dave Showalter's driveway, he had no idea it would lead to a ministry that is making waves as far away as El Salvador. But Showalter believes in 'really God-cool stuff,? and has learned to be open to the moving of the Holy Spirit as St. Paul UMC in...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News November 3, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 20 NEWS Learning the Lords song in new ways By Melissa Lauber UMCONNECTION STAFF United Methodists are directed in their “Book of Hymns” by none other than John Wesley himself to...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary SEPT 6, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 16 NEWS The Womens Housing Coalition operates the Margaret J. Bennett House in Baltimore. This award-winning home receives funding from the United Methodist Board of Pension and Health Benefits...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection AUGUST 7, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 15 STEEN Rebecca Steen surrenders clergy credentials BY ERIK ALSGAARD UMCONNECTION STAFF The Rev. Rebecca Ann Steen, the clergy member of the Baltimore-Washington...
COMMENTARIES BY DEAN SNYDER AND JANE MALONE The great danger of visiting Liberia, as we did in February during the 2005 Liberia Annual Conference, is that one might easily confuse the context with the story. The context is a nation that has experienced more than two decades of...
A huge bust of Dorothy Height stands on a pedestal just outside her office. It stands in mute witness to the power of one person to make a difference.For many people, Dorothy Height needs no introduction. For them, she is inspiration, social activist, model, living-history/legend, grace...
