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Join Us for a Special Live Worship Service of Lament and Hope for Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Watch live Wednesday, October 12, 2022 on YouTube and Facebook Live at 12:10 p.m. EST.
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faith in action
Saving mothers' lives: A pastoral letter
The Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, general secretary of Church and Society, along with 35 active and retired bishops have issued a pastoral letter for Mother's Day.
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God weeps at Congress’s inaction
Dozens of people died last weekend in shootings across the country. Many lives might have been saved if the U.S. Senate passed universal background checks legislation.
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faith in action
Undoing racism: What white clergy can do to help
White supremacy is both a product of history and a very real present reality. There is education that white people, and white clergy specifically, need to undergo — and lead others in — to engage in the dismantling of racism.
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faith in action
Was There Anything We Could Have Done? A Good Friday Reflection
From the Syrian town of Khan Shekihoun last week came the story of a woman who gave her name as Om Ahmed. In her deepest sorrow she said, “If the world wanted to stop this they would have done so by now. One more chemical attack in a town the world hasn’t heard of won’t change anything.” Her voice cracking, “I’m sorry, my son died yesterday,” she said. “I have nothing left to say to the world.” (Washington Post, April 5, 2017)
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faith in action
Of COVID-19 and Solidarity: Social Distancing and Privilege
Deaconness Darlene Marquez-Caramanzana of the Philippines reflects on how social distancing, while a public health necessity, also magnifies existing social inequities.
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faith in action
A United Methodist Doctor Talks Health Care Changes
Dr. Anna Gladstone is both a doctor and a United Methodist. The health care system in the U.S. needs fixes, but the changes being debated in Congress make it worse.
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faith in action
Ministry With: Catching up with the San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center
At the San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center, legal representation saves unaccompanied minors from deportation.
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Statement on Atatiana Jefferson and police shootings
We must add Atatiania Jefferson to a long list of names black people killed by the police.
