Disasters and Climate Change
Features
Wespath Using Financial Clout for Climate Change
The church agency that administers United Methodist pension funds and benefits programs is making progress toward improving the effects of church investments on the environment, but some believe changes are coming too slowly. Read more
Mass Shootings Prompt Prayers, Action
United Methodists are praying for victims and survivors of recent mass shootings and demanding action to reduce gun violence in America. Read more
July 29: Earth Overshoot Day
The Rev. Phil Amerson finds Land Institute founder Wes Jackson to be a man who thinks theologically about the damage humans are doing to Earth and its natural inhabitants. Read more
Update on UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response
While many United Methodists focus on the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, the United Methodist Committee on Relief reminds us that victims of major flooding events across the United States still need assistance. Read more
Crisis of the Heart
For Christians, the plight of immigrant children being held in unsanitary conditions in camps along the U.S.-Mexico border isn't merely a political crisis; it's a failure to heed scripture's clear instructions, writes the Rev. Jim Parsons. Read more