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    Easter in a Holy Saturday World

    April 14, 2022

    Holy Saturday is the time in between. It is the hours after the trauma, the shock of betrayal, the sickened response to violence, the chill of the horror, and the finality of death.

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    The Climate and the Quadrilateral

    March 17, 2022

    Looking for a book study for your church to talk about climate justice? Church and Society Theology Intern Wyatt Robinson explores a theological reflection on our climate crisis.

    The climate March 17 Wyatt
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    Reflections From COP26

    November 19, 2021

    The work of climate justice advocacy is light when each take a role in finding just and equitable solutions

    Laura Kigweba James, GBCS staff, second from right, joins some of the members of the Climate Justice 4 All Team, (from left) Camila, Irene, James, Mollie, and Jessica at Woodlands Methodist Church in Glasgow during COP26.
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    Teaching the Revised Social Principles in the age of COVID-19

    September 22, 2020

    An Elder reflects on the urgency of the Social Principles in the midst of a pandemic.

    Trey Wetzel social Principles group picture
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    New Resource: Gun Violence Prevention Cheat Sheet

    June 2, 2017

    Here's a new resource for clergy by clergy focusing on how to begin or continue engaging the issue of guns and gun violence in a congregational context.

    Front cover of PDF for the Gun Violence Cheat Sheet.
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    A United Methodist Reflections on COVID-19 in Nigeria

    March 30, 2020

    Rev. Esther Inuwa, Church and Society Intern, reflects on how COVID-19 raises recurrent challenges in Nigeria of whether God causes disease in response to humans for their sins and whether God is powerful enough to prevent disease from occurring in the first place.

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    Welcome our summer intern Jessica Frazier-Emerson

    July 11, 2019

    Jessica Frazier-Emerson is serving with us as a General Summer Intern from Hendrix College. We asked her a few questions at the start of her internship to share more about her background.

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    Praying for Peace in Gaza and Israel

    May 18, 2018

    Church and Society's general secretary, the Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, grieves for the dead and offers this prayer for peace after the Israeli military killed dozens and injured thousands of Palestinian protestors.

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    Buried Sunlight

    August 19, 2019

    With climate change taking center stage throughout the 2020 presidential campaign and the shift in language from “climate change” to “climate crisis,” ignoring the impact we as humans have on our world is impossible.

    A full view of the earth from space. It centers on North and South America, with clouds swirling over them. The background is the black, mildly starry cosmos.
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    EYA Experiences: Kelly Dunlap

    August 7, 2019

    Kelly Dunlap served as the Ethnic Young Adult Chaplain and seminar assistant. She reflects on an experience from earlier this summer which allowed her to mentor and learn from a group young adults which paid a visit to Church and Society.

    EYA interns pose for a group picture on the steps of the Supreme Court Building.