Written after the Presidential election by the Rev. Joseph Martin, pastor of Fallsington UMC, and other Lower Bucks County area clergy, and published in the local newspaper, Courier Times. This morning, we awoke to the results of an election that …
From near-death to life through ‘Vital Merger’
(Jesus) cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” …
From the Pastor’s Desk
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being…”
Disharmony felt in key resolutions, relations at NEJ Conference
Reflection by The Rev. Jeffrey Raffauf: The NE Jurisdictional Conference was a unique experience for me. I understood going in the importance of this body…
Call to action against racism: Are we really going to do this?
“We will all have to repent, not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
Bearing the Cross of Love
This walk in which we find ourselves as Christians is not an easy one, nor was it meant to be. We are told to take up our cross to follow Jesus. We are not told to take up this light and easy vacation, but rather a cross.
Repentance asks ‘all of us’ to remember
On a sunny day during our Eastern PA Annual Conference in June, several of us entered the historic Fulton Theatre in downtown Lancaster, just a short walk from the Convention Center.
Call to Prayer for GC2016: Social Issues
Among the most important but also the most controversial part of General Conference every four years is the conversation about social issues. United Methodists of good will are at different places around a plethora of social issues facing society today. …
Let us be open to new things
A certain man was troubled with dizzy spells, redness in his face and bulging eyes. Every day when he went to his office, he experienced these things. Weekends were not so bad, so he concluded his work was causing his physical discomfort.
Crossing Bridges for Peace
It all began with a campfire conversation in California nearly a decade ago. I was part of a retreat with the leadership of Philadelphia’s since-closed Cookman United Methodist Church in 2008 when someone around the circle casually mentioned that the …