Methodist
I grew up in a Methodist Church in a small town in North Carolina. When I reached my pre-teen years, I moved from the children’s programming to Methodist Youth Fellowship, or MYF. Most of the time, I felt comfortable with the lessons they were teaching. Except for the talks about sex and sexual purity. The…
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The United Methodist Church is in the need of prayer. And, one that emphasizes full inclusion of all its parishioners. Just before General Conference last month in Portland, the struggle to move the denomination’s moral compass against its anti-LGBTQ policies was courageously demonstrated when over 100 United Methodist Church (UMC) ministers and faith leaders came…
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These are the words I spoke to my sleeping daughter upon returning home from Birmingham, Alabama, this weekend after witnessing the marriage of Joe Openshaw and Bobby Prince, performed by Bishop Melvin Talbert. Dearest child of mine, I wish you could have been there yesterday, as I sat in a church and witnessed history in the making.…
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