What’s in a name?

What is distinctive about the United Methodist Church? What is United Methodist identity? In other words, what makes United Methodists United Methodists? This is the question our Confirmation class pondered the last couple weeks. How would you respond? (Or, for my non-UMC readers, how would you answer the question for your denomination or religion or …

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I must not remain silent

Our lives begin to end on the day we remain silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King, Jr. If you've been on the interwebs at all this week, you've probably heard of Charles Worley, Pastor at Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, NC. There are at least two words in that clause that …

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