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Crisis Watch
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Put Your Money Where Your Green Is
To use your money to express your faith, look for socially responsible businesses and products, put your money to work for justice, and invest in a green future. Read more
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Churches Face Another Test with Omicron
Some United Methodist churches in the U.S. are moving back to online worship only because of the fast spread of the omicron variant. Others are making different kinds of adjustments, such as again requiring masks for those coming to church. Read more
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United Methodist Women to Hold 3rd Webinar on Clean Transportation
UMW's third webinar will explore the intersections of gender, race, economics and more on public transportation for women. COVID-19 data for Omicron have become skewed by the surge, leaving churches unsure of how to plan for in-person events. Read more
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Coping with Billion-dollar Disasters
The numbers are staggering -- $1.45 BILLION in damages from extreme weather events in 2021, followed by a one-day total of 1.35 MILLION new cases of coronavirus in the United States. United Methodists are engaged in efforts to deal with both crises. Read more
Global Health
Coping with Billion-dollar Disasters
The numbers are staggering -- $1.45 BILLION in damages from extreme weather events in 2021, followed by a one-day total of 1.35 MILLION new cases of coronavirus in the United States. United Methodists are engaged in efforts to deal with both crises. Read more
Jan 11, 2022
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Churches Face Another Test with Omicron
Some United Methodist churches in the U.S. are moving back to online worship only because of the fast spread of the omicron variant. Others are making different kinds of adjustments, such as again requiring masks for those coming to church. Read more
Jan 10, 2022
1:17 PM
One Million Cases
Noted author and religion historian Diana Butler Bass offers some frank talk on the threat from the Omicron variant of coronavirus now sweeping across the world. Read more
Jan 5, 2022
7:12 AM
Heed Zimbabwe Bishop's Message on COVID-19 Vaccinations
Led by Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa, United Methodists in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Africa are opening congregations and church-related clinics as coronavirus vaccination and testing sites. Plus, there's good and bad news on the Omicron variant. Read more
Dec 9, 2021
1:19 PM
Good News from Giving Tuesday
United Methodist agencies are among the charities that benefited from Giving Tuesday's successful campaign Nov. 30. Plus, dealing with Omicron; COVID-19 deaths; and Oxford, Mich. school shooting. Read more
Dec 2, 2021
11:35 AM
Virtual Observance to Mark World AIDS Day Amid COVID-19
A worship service to observe virtually World AIDS will be held Sunday Dec. 5 with the theme of “Where Love Thrives.” Read more
Nov 23, 2021
5:02 PM
Advocating Justice
Violence Isn’t the Only Way Christian Nationalism Endangers Democracy
The threat of voter suppression is perhaps more destructive because its influence is more subtle and its effects more consequential. Read more
Jan 18, 2022
Remembering the Real Martin Luther King: Forgive Us, Lord
Those who misrepresent Martin Luther King Jr. and Critical Race Theory are illogical, and they only reveal their fear of him, writes a longtime Baptist preacher. There is no need to fear this American Black preacher who preached nonviolence and love. Read more
Jan 13, 2022
