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How Do You Decide If You're Ready for Seminary?

By | on 06, Apr 2019 |   Discernment

Sometimes it's easy to know when it's time to take a new step in life, such as attending seminary. Maybe you're a college student who always knew you'd go straight to grad school after getting your ba[...]

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The Arts are in United's DNA: An Interview with Jennifer Awes Freeman

By | on 20, Mar 2019 |   united faculty theology and the arts Academics

Photo of Jennifer Awes Freeman by Angela Jimenez Photography Last summer this blog introduced you to Jennifer Awes Freeman, the new assistant professor of Theology and the Arts at United. More recentl[...]

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Message from President Lew Zeidner on Christchurch Shootings

By | on 15, Mar 2019 |   news Voice Islamophobia

We all are faced with devastating news this morning about the killing of people engaged in prayer in the mosques of Christchurch, New Zealand. The irony of the city's name underscores the hypocrisy of[...]

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How I Want to Shape My Ministry: Student Riva Tabelisma on the UMC General Conference

By | on 08, Mar 2019 |   social justice Theology ministry social transformation Voice lgbtq Methodist Studies

It has been more than a week since the Special Session of the General Conference of the UMC adjourned. The result of that gathering came as a shock to many people, especially to me as I witnessed it i[...]

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"Many Waters Cannot Quench Love:" United's Response to the UMC General Conference.

By | on 04, Mar 2019 |   news Voice lgbtq statement Politics Methodist Studies

This week a special General Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to reaffirm and even to strengthen its opposition to same-sex marriage and to gay clergy. When the majority of delegates dec[...]

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Awaiting the Results: A United Student Reflects on the General Conference

By | on 23, Feb 2019 |   social justice Voice lgbtq Civil Rights Dialogue Community Vocation Methodist Studies

“The special called 2019 General Conference [of the United Methodist Church], set for Feb. 23–26 in St. Louis, will focus on moving the denomination past its decades-long struggle with issues around h[...]

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