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COMMENTARY: Caring for world’s orphans should be church’s priority
The Rev. Wayne Lavender argues that the UMC should make care of orphans worldwide a new focus of ministry.
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Q&A:Bill McKibben, UM writer/activist, keeps focus on climate change
Author/activist Bill McKibben has led the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline. He’s also a longtime United Methodist. Managing editor Sam Hodges caught up with him for a Q&A.
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Large Church Initiative spreads ideas and hope
The Large Church Initiative is part think-tank, part spiritual retreat, part cheerleading session, and it draws hundreds of UM clergy eager for ideas and hope. We report on the latest such event.
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DVD REVIEW: ‘The Way’ follows characters on spiritual pilgrimage
The Rev. Gary Keene offers a review of The Way, directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen, about an unexpected traveler on a famous religious pilgrimage route in Spain.
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South Georgia clergy shed pounds, focus on health
Special contributor Kara Witherow reports on efforts by UMC clergy in the South Georgia Conference to lose weight and improve their overall health.
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Paul Simon’s music takes rambling spiritual journey
Paul Simon’s So Beautiful, So What album has earned considerable attention for the spirituality embedded in its lyrics. Mr. Simon and others are quoted in a piece by Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.
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WESLEYAN WISDOM: ‘Signs of the times’: Pages from my ’95 notebook
Donald Haynes uses his Wesleyan Wisdom column to share highlights of a 1995 memo he wrote suggesting reforms for the UMC. Many still have merit, he writes.
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HISTORY OF HYMNS: Watts’ ‘Praise My Maker’ among Wesley’s favorites
C. Michael Hawn’s latest History of Hymns column gives background on Isaac Watts’ “I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath.” John Wesley figures into the story.
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Breadfruit project aims to enrich Haiti
Hennepin Avenue UMC in Minneapolis has a project underway to turn flour milled from breadfruit into a cash crop for Haiti. UMNS has the story.
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On display - Exhibits focus on children’s books, Civil War Methodism
Drew University has an exhibit on Civil War Methodism and Bridwell Library at Perkins School of Theology has one on centuries-old religious books for children. Our story looks at both displays.
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