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It's a New UMC, and Hard Work Lies Ahead.
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28.10.2025 23:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Here's my response to Speaker Mike Johnson's discounting of immigrant agents' attacks impinging on religious freedom.
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Stories that have come to our attention since our newsletter went out this morning.
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Sorry we've been offline for two weeks because of physical therapy needed for a shoulder injury. Hope to resume notices shortly.
30.09.2025 22:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My response to President Trump's announcement on prayer in school.
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Do Not Grow Weary in Doing Good.
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Environmentalist McKibben Says the Sun Can Save Earth from Climate Disaster
‘Energy from heaven, not from hell’
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Thanks for the plug, Richenda!
16.08.2025 15:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Contrarians Repel Trump’s DC Invasion
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The UMC's racial monitoring agency has awarded 17 grants to “bold” immigration ministries, but won’t disclose their names to protect their locations from “potential risks.” um-insight.net/in-the-world...
07.08.2025 16:37 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Whatever you are doing, your dreaming of doing, or hoping to do, don’t give up. 🦋🌺
04.08.2025 12:28 — 👍 43 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
An Austin, Texas, United Methodist Church was vandalized Aug. 1 with anti-LGBTQ+ graffiti. Its Pride flag was torn down. The attack drew volunteers to repair the damage and messages of support from a bishop and others.
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"The World Is Facing a Moral Crisis," the UN general secretary tells Amnesty International.
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Bishop Dan Schwerin deplores how Americans have been divided by powerful, moneyed voices. Many hearts, including those of United Methodists, have been turned to revile immigrants by allowing ourselves to fear them in the most criminal terms
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United Methodist Immigration Webinard Gives Facts, Cautions and Hope
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Texas Flooding, "Gazafication," and "Alligator Alcatraz" top updates on United Methodist Insight. Plus links to more stories.
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When Faith and Politics Conflict
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Of AI, SMU, Prayer in School and more links to interesting articles from United Methodist Insight.
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Where the hell do we live?!
Americans in wheelchairs are being ARRESTED at the Capitol—for daring to demand healthcare and fight for Medicaid.
This is what a dying democracy looks like: cruelty for the poor, handcuffs for the disabled. Shame on every damn one of them. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
I can only hope my Texas senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, are paying attention to this cruelty.
25.06.2025 21:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel? Lovett Weems of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership examines what happens when politics replaces faith. Plus links to lots more articles.
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There's a lot to chew on in this week's United Methodist Insight.
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A United Methodist pastor walks a "way of sorrows" atimmigration court. Plus links to more stories all in one place.
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Trump’s Big, Beautiful Birthday Parade open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...
For $45 million we could feed 20,000 military families about to lose their benefits in the Big Ugly Bill
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
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