When Women are Called by God
By Carolyn Moore -- I’m beginning to think it was a sign from God. Maybe that’s because it was in fact a sign. It was standing in front of The Holy House of Prayer of Jesus Christ, a little building with burglar bars on the windows situated deep in the heart of one of...
New Bishops Elected
From United Methodist News In November, United Methodists in the United States elected 13 new bishops during their gatherings around the denomination’s five U.S. jurisdictional conferences. Jurisdictional leaders recommended electing 14 new bishops; however, the...
Mapping Out the Valley of the Shadow of Death
By Elizabeth Glass Turner - Laughing hard enough to shake dust from the rafters while reading a book about death feels a little sacrilegious, like stifling giggles at a funeral. It doesn’t seem proper. It doesn’t seem respectful. But while funerals have nice social...
The Next Generation
By Sarah Parham - We have all read the reports, the gloomy news that young people are leaving the church in masses. A Fuller Youth Institute study shows that roughly 50 percent of young people who grow up in the church leave the church behind, along with the piles of...
Our Leadership Crisis
By Eduard Khegay, United Methodist Bishop of the Eurasia Episcopal Area - Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian religious philosopher, wrote in the beginning of the twentieth century that Russian thinking cannot be Eastern or Western. He argued that both of these...
Archaeologist, Mama, Defender of the Faith
By Elizabeth Glass Turner - The petite, deeply tanned woman you might find at a local coffee shop or watching her daughter’s figure skating practice has an unassuming air and wry sense of humor that leans towards the self-deprecating. Behind the quiet presence lies a...
Now is the Time for Celebration
By Rebekah Clapp - “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s...
Caring for the World
By Ruth Burgner - This January I read a report by Open Doors about countries where Christian persecution is most severe. It is heartbreaking data, representing massive injustice and suffering. Like other such reports, this one should have kicked off a whole...
