Last month, friends from East and West Ohio Conferences traveled to Montgomery, Alabama for the “Micah 6:8 Love Your Neighbor Tour.” The group toured The Legacy Museum for an immersive journey through American history viewing it from the perspective of black and brown sisters and brothers. In reflection on this tour, Rev. Kathy Dickriede, Director [...]
By Rick Wolcott* The North Central Jurisdiction Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) and the Commission on Religion & Race (CORR) held their joint annual meetings in the East Ohio Conference October 3-5. Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, resident bishop of the new Ohio Episcopal Area consisting of the East Ohio and West Ohio Conferences was unable [...]
By Brett Hetherington* “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The words from Spanish philosopher George Santayana have been repeated so frequently that you’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard them before. The best way to remember our collective past is to re-tell its stories. On September 21 [...]
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