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The UM Church Adjusts to Fewer Bishops By Thomas Lambrecht In the aftermath of losing one-fourth of its congregations and members in the U.S., The United Methodist Church anticipates a number of adjustments to its ministry and structure. For example, UM News Service has reported that since 2016, general
Today’s Reading: Read Leviticus 11:1; Leviticus 11:45 Let’s play a guessing game. From this list choose the one thing that is different than the others: yellow, orange, blue, one. Which one did you choose? Yellow, orange and blue are all colors, one is a number. One is the word that
What does it mean to claim the US is a Christian nation, and what does the Constitution say? Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and the idea is energizing some conservative and Republican activists. But the concept means different things to different people, and
Many people think that the traditional Christian way of interpreting the Bible was very narrowly literal and that it was only in modern times that some Christians abandoned that approach in the face of scientific discoveries. After all, isn’t this the reason why Galileo was condemned in 1633? In reality,
Love and Lent By Shannon Vowell A strange day today. Much of the Christian world will begin a season of fasting and prayer by receiving ashes and the somber injunction to “remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Simultaneously, much of the secular world will exchange over-priced
by Tomo Duke, Faith Action Network in Washington [about the author] I visited the Washington State Capitol a few times this legislative session to advocate with our elected officials. I walked through buildings filled with elegant marble and golden interiors and observed many people dressed in fancy suits. I thought
Today’s Reading: Read Exodus 40:1-16 Grab some legos or some building blocks. Choose one of your family members to be the “caller.” The “caller” will call out specific instructions for building something with the legos or the building blocks. The other family members need to follow those directions exactly the