Rise up in Love
By Leonard E. Fairley “What Started Out As A Peaceful Protest Turned Violent,” “Seven Shot in Louisville Demonstration Against Breonna Taylor’s Death,” “Chaotic Minneapolis Protests Spread Amid Emotional Calls For Justice, Peace,” “Protest Turns Violent!” These are...
Lord, Give us Eyes to See
“What a season we have been through and what a week we are in,” wrote Bishop Gregory V. Palmer to the United Methodists in the West Ohio Annual Conference. “The angst and pain are palpable. I need you to know I share that pain and I see me in some way, shape, or form...
Archive: “Even If You Wish It, We Won’t Kill You!”
Archive: “Even If You Wish It, We Won’t Kill You!” This Romanian preacher tells of bringing Christ to his people while under the Stalin regime By Josef Tson It was Stalin's time—the peak of the communist terror. Romania succumbed to communist rule in 1948. The program...
Archive: David Seamands and Mark Rutland on the Church’s Integrity Crisis
Archive: David Seamands and Mark Rutland on the Church’s Integrity Crisis Does the Church have an integrity crisis? If so, is there hope that this trend of immorality will reverse? Here, Good News interviews David Seamands and Marie Rutland about the Church's present...
Archive: Thousands Endorse ‘Declaration’
Archive: Thousands Endorse 'Declaration' By James V. Heidinger II Nearly 9,500 United Methodist clergy, about 25 percent of the church's total, have indicated their support of the "Houston Declaration." That was the report in mid-April from the office of Dr. William...
Archive: What Will Be Hymn #1
Archive: What Will Be Hymn #1 The hymnal has been the barometer of the UM faith. What will it say about us now? By Riley B. Case The 1935 Methodist hymnal was introduced to the church with rave reviews. The hymnal represented, to borrow a phrase from the Hymn Society...
Archive: Galloway: He Plays Well In Peoria
Archive: Galloway: He Plays Well In Peoria By Sara L. Anderson Even during the Great Depression, Peoria, Illinois was synonymous with middle-class prosperity, thanks to the productive beneficence of the Caterpillar company. But in 1981-82, the heavy equipment industry...
Archive: On Thin Ice
I knew the minute the story hit the streets I was … Archive: On Thin Ice By Roy Howard Beck In his new, sure-to-be-influential memoir, On Thin Ice: A Religion Reporter's Memoir, Roy Howard Beck gives a riveting narrative of his biggest stories during his years at the...
