Episodios

  • Safeguarding safe spaces: A UM firefighter’s ministry

    Safeguarding safe spaces: A UM firefighter’s ministry
    Jul 25 2024
    Protecting sacred spaces is a passion for Selena Ruth Smith. A firefighter and deaconess, the cradle United Methodist shares tips for how all of us can promote fire safety in our local congregations. More information and a full transcript of this conversation are available here. Have a question or comment? Email us at gysis@umcom.org Connect … Continue reading "Safeguarding safe spaces: A UM firefighter’s ministry"
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  • Conservative pastor focuses on common mission amid differences

    Conservative pastor focuses on common mission amid differences
    Jun 21 2024
    A lifelong United Methodist and career minister who describes himself as “conservative” discusses how, rather than focus on differences within the denomination, he concentrates on the common mission to make disciples, a space that supports The UMC’s “big tent” distinction. More information and a full transcript of this conversation are available here. Have a question … Continue reading "Conservative pastor focuses on common mission amid differences"
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  • Following a ‘holy nudge’ from self-doubt to self-discovery

    Following a ‘holy nudge’ from self-doubt to self-discovery
    Jun 7 2024
    Discover how a “holy nudge” led Jordan Cramer on a journey from self-doubt to self-discovery while earning his Master of Divinity degree. The cradle United Methodist’s story of commitment and faith reveals God’s transformative power available to all of us. More information and a full transcript of this conversation are available here. Have a question … Continue reading "Following a ‘holy nudge’ from self-doubt to self-discovery"
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  • Nurturing mental wellness: Embracing inclusivity for all

    Nurturing mental wellness: Embracing inclusivity for all
    May 17 2024
    Mental wellness is a spectrum where each of us resides. Creating inclusive and diverse spaces so all of us can feel safe regardless of where we fall on the spectrum is a primary focus at First United Methodist Church in Holland, Michigan. First UMC’s director of education Jill DeJonge shares her own story of growing … Continue reading "Nurturing mental wellness: Embracing inclusivity for all"
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  • ‘Life after Doom’: A Guide to a Better Church, a Better World

    ‘Life after Doom’: A Guide to a Better Church, a Better World
    May 3 2024
    “Never waste a good crisis,” Winston Churchill was quoted as saying. In Brian McLaren’s new book, “Life After Doom,” the pastor, author and American theologian urges us to confront the multifaceted crisis facing the world, especially climate change, political polarization, religious supremacy and growing economic inequality. With The United Methodist Church navigating its own crisis … Continue reading "‘Life after Doom’: A Guide to a Better Church, a Better World"
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  • The path to General Conference: One delegate’s story

    The path to General Conference: One delegate’s story
    Apr 19 2024
    Jessica Vittorio is a lawyer by trade, someone who spends her workdays amid conflict and difficult settings. As a lay delegate at the upcoming General Conference, the lifelong United Methodist knows the business of the church also can be challenging at times. But what she has found while preparing for the denomination’s largest legislative gathering … Continue reading "The path to General Conference: One delegate’s story"
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  • God’s gift, our responsibility

    God’s gift, our responsibility
    Apr 5 2024
    In late 2023, the Rev. Emily Carroll from Shady Grove United Methodist Church in rural Louisiana, traveled to the United Arab Emirates to meet up with 100,000 attendees of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Rev. Emily shares about her experience, the hopeful takeaways and what we all can do to be better stewards of … Continue reading "God’s gift, our responsibility"
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  • Retirement + power tools + RV = NOMADS

    Retirement + power tools + RV = NOMADS
    Mar 15 2024
    A nomadic life may conjure images of aimlessly traveling with no sense of destination. For lifelong United Methodists Tammy and Rodney Ripley, who have been NOMADS for several years, their lives are far from aimless and destinations are denomination-related churches, camps and other sites where the couple joins fellow retirees to offer hope in the … Continue reading "Retirement + power tools + RV = NOMADS"
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