How are we called to participate in God’s freedom work in the world? Pastors and laity sometimes wrestle with how ordinary people of faith can help create equity in a culture that privileges some and suppresses others based on race, gender, class, and other intersecting differences. Join the Rev. Tex Sample for a live webinar […]

How are we called to participate in God’s freedom work in the world? Pastors and laity sometimes wrestle with how ordinary people of faith can help create equity in a culture that privileges some and suppresses others based on race, gender, class, and other intersecting differences. Join the Rev. Tex Sample for a live webinar […]

Jennifer Shecki-Shields of Discovery and Faith shares: “Today it is inevitable that developments in science will meet the practice of Christian faith if that faith is to have any cultural impact or relevance. Unfortunately, the church is not adequately meeting the challenges presented by the intersection of faith and science. The quality of the relationship between science and Christian […]

Bishop Palmer is excited to announce his next Leadership Clinic guest, Nadia Bolz-Weber, on September 17, 10a-12p EST. Nadia Bolz-Weber is a three-time New York Times bestselling author who has been called “a pastor for America’s outsiders.” The community of faith she planted in Denver—House for All Sinners and Saints—is a haven for a diverse community […]

Bishop Palmer is excited to announce his next Leadership Clinic guest, Nadia Bolz-Weber, on September 17, 10a-12p EST. Nadia Bolz-Weber is a three-time New York Times bestselling author who has been called “a pastor for America’s outsiders.” The community of faith she planted in Denver—House for All Sinners and Saints—is a haven for a diverse community […]

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School is hosting the second seminar in its annual seminar series “Health, Wholeness, and Humanity: The Stewardship of Creation as if Matter Mattered” with Brian Volck, MD, MFA. Brian Volck is a pediatrician who received his undergraduate degree in English Literature and his MD from Washington University in St. Louis […]

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School is hosting the second seminar in its annual seminar series “Health, Wholeness, and Humanity: The Stewardship of Creation as if Matter Mattered” with Brian Volck, MD, MFA. Brian Volck is a pediatrician who received his undergraduate degree in English Literature and his MD from Washington University in St. Louis […]

La Espiritualidad de la Resiliencia en la Comunidad Hispana y Latinx: Una experiencia de la Academia para la Formación Espiritual que será ofrecido en español y por internet usando la plataforma de Zoom.  Esta experiencia con una persona de la facultad, consistirá en seis sesiones, de medio día cada una. El impacto acumulativo de esta vivencia de varias […]

La Espiritualidad de la Resiliencia en la Comunidad Hispana y Latinx: Una experiencia de la Academia para la Formación Espiritual que será ofrecido en español y por internet usando la plataforma de Zoom.  Esta experiencia con una persona de la facultad, consistirá en seis sesiones, de medio día cada una. El impacto acumulativo de esta vivencia de varias […]

Zoom in with us Saturday, September 18, at 6 p.m. to watch and discuss the 60-minute documentary, Theirs is the Kingdom.The film follows the rare creation of a contemporary fresco mural inside the sanctuary of Haywood Street UMC in Asheville, NC. This is a painting not of the rich and powerful, but of people battling homelessness, addiction, and […]

Have you ever found yourself feeling distant from God or in a bit of a spriritual slump? Have you ever felt that perhaps you weren’t deserving of His time; that there were bigger things going on in the world so “maybe, I’ll just take a step back and wait my turn.”? If so, then this […]

The loss of a beloved animal companion is like no other loss because our relationship with animals are like no other. Our culture tells us that an animal companion is an engaging toy, and that our grief over its death is alarming and ill-placed. Our culture is just flat wrong. The love and comfort of […]