Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? I Corinthians 3:16 Yesterday morning, I read a blog…
By Rev. Vicki Flippin Now that I live in Harlem, I rarely get to eat real Chinese food. Knowing that they share my love for…
The progressive movement in the United Methodist Church has been reeling this week from two blows to the inclusion of LGBT people. A week ago,…
By Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey The statement last week by the Council of Bishops requesting Bishops Wenner and Wallace-Padgett file a complaint against retired Bishop Melvin Talbert…
By Rev. Doug Cunningham When I first invited Amanda to church, she was not interested. She explained that the last time she’d been to worship, the…
Early in April 2004 Father Luis Barrios, an Episcopal priest in charge of the San Romero de la Américas Church and a friend of…
By Rev. Janet Porcher The first same-sex marriage I officiated at was in the winter of 1986. I was the pastor/director of the United Methodist…
I missed everyone a few weeks ago when I was unable to come to Sunday’s worship due to illness. I know I missed a lot…
By Rev. Dr. Stephen P. Bauman It may have been the day after New York State recognized the validity of same-sex marriage that I…
A message from the Editor: starting today, we will be featuring content from Methodist’s In New Directions (MIND) new blogging campaign, We Did: Stories of…
