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Pastors Pondering

Earlier this year, the Reconciling Ministry Team at Cavalry UMC circulated a survey and gathered responses on two matters related to our ministry with LGBTQI persons. One of the matters had to do with the possible creation of a policy regarding the use of the church...

Pastors Pondering

I am excited to share what the United Methodist Council of Bishops and the Connectional Table, which involves the various key leaders in the denomination, have just recently shared. A new Vision for The United Methodist Church has just been unveiled—a vision that...

Pastors Pondering

Today, I am at the 241st session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, along with pastors and lay persons representing 632 United Methodist congregations in Maryland, Washington, DC, and a small part of West Virginia. There will be worship, lively conversation,...

Pastors Pondering

Religion provides what sociologists call the “three B’s”: belief, belonging, and behavior. It offers beliefs that supply answers to the tough questions of life. It gives people a place they feel they belong, a community where they are known. And it tells them how to...