by umcjnews | Mar 3, 2025 | Newsletter
March NewsBeloved, how are you? The dark season of Lent that we will be traveling this month seems especially fitting during this time of unrelenting climate and political disruption. We hold onto the assurance that something new is even now waiting to be born. Spring... 
by umcjnews | Feb 4, 2025 | Newsletter
February News“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). These are difficult times for people who seek peace, justice, and healing for our human family and for the whole community of life. In Los Angeles, as the devastating... 
by umcjnews | Jan 1, 2025 | Newsletter
January NewsAfter the results of the 2024 elections, looking ahead doesn’t readily result in hope, which we normally expect from the future. Let’s look back instead to steady us now as we move forward into 2025, continuing to build on the Movement successes of 2024.... 
by umcjnews | Dec 23, 2024 | Newsletter
December NewsThe month of December has always been a liminal space for me. While our culture is winding down the year – with businesses seeking to finish in the black, news organizations recapping their best stories, and winter finally getting here (maybe?) – the... 
by umcjnews | Nov 17, 2024 | Newsletter
November NewsIn October we were so fortunate to have a Movement Café featuring the good work of United Methodist institutions of theological education in relation to creation justice. We learned about the creative and difference-making curricular and co-curricular... 
by umcjnews | Oct 1, 2024 | Newsletter
October NewsIn a little over a month families will gather for Thanksgiving. Many families and friends will be on pins and needles hoping the conversation does not turn divisive. The bitter divide in our nation has damaged families and churches, in part, because we...