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Kairos Group Postpones May Seminar
Leaders of United Methodists for Kairos Response have announced a planned assembly, "Sacred Solidarity" on Middle East peace has been postponed because of multiple factors.
Apr 9, 2026
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Why a Theology Focused Only on the Future is Bad for the Present
The theology that's propelling American politics and society right now only works if you believe everything we see around us is temporary, disposable and ultimately headed for destruction. Not transformation. Not renewal. Destruction.
Apr 7, 2026
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United Methodists Denounce President’s Threats Against ‘A Whole Civilization’
United Methodists this week joined a growing chorus of faith and civic leaders denouncing President Donald J. Trump’s threats against Iran posted on social media.
Apr 9, 2026
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'I Pray Someone Tells the President He Plans War Crimes'
Aghast at President Trump's threats against Iran, the Rev. Dr. Mary John Dye writes: "I have no words. I do have a prayer. I am praying that somewhere in the government, there are advisors who can tell the President that he plans war crimes."
Apr 9, 2026
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Be Gentle and Brave
A threat this morally vacant should still shock us. The fact that it does shock us shouldn’t be read as a sign of fragility, but as a sign that some indispensable part of us is still conscious enough to recognize evil when it smacks us in the face.
Apr 7, 2026
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Why a Theology Focused Only on the Future is Bad for the Present
The theology that's propelling American politics and society right now only works if you believe everything we see around us is temporary, disposable and ultimately headed for destruction. Not transformation. Not renewal. Destruction.
Apr 7, 2026
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Techno Tyranny Threatens Our Souls
Is technology rotting our souls as well as our minds? Good Friday found Cynthia B. Astle pondering today's techno-oppressive life against what Jesus’s Crucifixion-Resurrection is meant to sustain or overcome.
Apr 4, 2026
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Conversion Therapy Was Never About Healing
Why conversion therapy has always been about soothing frightened communities
Apr 1, 2026
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Someone’s Knocking at the Door
A very audible knocking during Sunday worship -- attributed to a woodpecker -- left a church's pastor wondering if it was really Jesus knocking to come into someone's life.
Apr 1, 2026
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Obstacles to Strong Climate Action
Solar, battery, and wind technologies are advancing dramatically and in many cases are cheaper than fossil fuels. What is holding us back? Money, in the form of fossil fuel investments, fossil fuel subsidies, and fossil fuel companies.
Mar 30, 2026
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Is Your Sanctuary a Den?
When Jesus overturns the moneychangers' tables, he is not simply accusing people of wrongdoing in the Temple. He is accusing the religious system of becoming a safe place for people who do harm, writes the Rev. Andy Oliver.
Mar 30, 2026
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Black Caucus Wrestles with Immigration Injustice
Nearly 300 laity and clergy attended the 59th General Meeting of Black Methodists for Church Renewal on March 18-20 in Charlotte, N.C. . Members came from The United Methodist Church’s five U.S. jurisdictions.
Apr 6, 2026
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South Carolina Churches Step Up as Iran War Rages On
In the face of the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, a number of United Methodist churches across South Carolina are doing what the church does best in times of great uncertainty and fear—turning to prayer.
Apr 2, 2026
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Court Victory for United Methodists in Nigeria
A high court has ruled in favor of The United Methodist Church in Nigeria, declaring the church’s deregistration by a breakaway group in 2024 “null and void.”
Apr 2, 2026
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Women’s Commission Board Affirms Strategic Priorities at Spring 2026 Meeting
In its continued commitment to advancing the full participation of women across The United Methodist Church. commission directors affirmed goals of leadership development, monitoring and resource development, sexual ethics, and communications.
Apr 1, 2026
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Religion and Race Commission Convenes Global Leaders for Strategic DEI Roundtable in Baltimore
Bringing together a diverse group of theologians, clergy, scholars, and community leaders from multiple denominations and cultural contexts, the roundtable created a space for deep discernment, theological reflection, and collaborative strategy.
Mar 31, 2026
Eastertide 2026
Reflections on the meaning of Easter for today
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Resurrection as a Call to Action
Easter is the high point of the Christian year. But Ann Michel says we can’t allow our celebrations to divert attention from the challenge of renewing the church. She writes that Easter is not an end point but rather a call to action.
Apr 9, 2026
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Easter Moments
Some of John Sumwalt's readers have sent him their stories of resurrection and signs of eternal life.
Apr 6, 2026
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Resurrection Reveals the Ongoing Power of God's Love
For Wesleyans, resurrection is an ongoing process of life being renewed in love. This ongoing power of love mends grief and makes us empathic. The ongoing power of love refuses to let us go or let us off, writes Bishop Dan Schwerin.
Apr 6, 2026
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Rising into New Life
We are resurrection people—not because the world is easy, but because we believe that death, despair, and injustice do not have the final word.
Apr 6, 2026
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Resurrection Is a Living Hope
Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi, who leads the Eastern Pennsylvania and Greater New Jersey conferences, sends an Easter message proclaiming the living hope of Resurrection for our turbulent times.
Apr 6, 2026
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'Fear is not the final word...'
An Easter message from General Secretary Roland Fernandes, top executive of the General Board of Global Ministries, the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
Apr 6, 2026
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