I’ve been to Kansas City Will Parker, the comic character in the musical Oklahoma! is flabbergasted by what he experienced when he sings, “Everything’s Up… read more

In a message given a generation ago at Bay View, Michigan, the Quaker philosopher Douglas Steere of Haverford College saw in the 23rd Psalm an image for our renewal. He makes me… read more

The spiritual masters in the Christian tradition teach both a process of identity formation and its relinquishment as part of the process of our transformation in Christ. We tend… read more

(RNS) — United Methodists across the U.S. have protested the global denomination’s crackdown on LGBTQ members in all kinds of ways. But now a group of teens in a… read more

EVANSTON, Ill. (UMNS) — The United Methodist Church’s top court has found that while some provisions of the newly adopted Traditional Plan remain unconstitutional, the … read more

There’s a lot of talking past each other right now. Listening, true listening, seems harder than ever. At a recent district event, six of us sat around a table to process… read more