SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Responding to Hurricane Harvey United Methodist conferences across the country are awaiting invitations to send teams to areas in Texas and Louisiana hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. Here are ways that you can be of assistance today to those whose lives have been impacted.: Pray Collect an offering/Host a fundraiser. Assemble relief kits. Distribution centers are [...]

Promoting the Understanding of a Black Theological Perspective

Black Theologian Day is October 14 By Will Jones* The late Bishop James S. Thomas initiated the first Black Theologian Day, during his time as episcopal leader of the East Ohio Conference, to promote the understanding of a Black theological perspective to a primarily Caucasian denomination in the United States. All East Ohio Conference clergy [...]

Movie review: All Saints

"This is really an entertaining film, with much humor and heart. Barry Corbin plays a cranky retired Vietnam War vet (the sort of role that Wilford Brimley used to play) whose reluctant friendship will be crucial for Spurlock’s hopes for the church to come to fruition. And Spurlock’s relationship with God is complicated. He struggles [...]