By the Rev. Elizabeth Murray. I have a song dedication for the South Carolina Annual Conference, and it is ABBA’s “Take a Chance on Me.” Though the 1970s Swedish pop group likely wrote the song about two distant lovers, I imagine myself singing it to the Annual Conference in respect to Hispanic/Latino ministry.
By the Rev. Michael Hood. I once had the opportunity to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Chips were being handed out to people who’d reached milestones in abstinence. Some received chips for having kept free from alcohol for several years or months, to cheers and shouts of joy...
By the Rev. Elizabeth Murray. Brené Brown says, “Courage is to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.” We know there is power in hearing each other’s stories.
By the Rev. Keith D. Ray II. The border between the United States and Mexico is a place where bodies are often lost. Each year hundreds of migrants fleeing violence, economic despair, gang activity and the like perish as they seek to find a better life in the United States.
By the Rev. Kristin Dollar. “Do these people know each other?” I asked incredulously as boisterous, rapid Spanish ricocheted off every wall of the giant house where we were having our retreat.
By Elizabeth Murray. I spent my 27th birthday in a way I never would have expected. I spent my birthday, which was the Tuesday of the week of flood, with the youth and some of the pastors of Mount Hebron United Methodist Church.
By the Rev. Elizabeth Murray. Have you “lost” something that was right in front of your face?
By the Rev. Elizabeth Murray. I love connectionalism more than Peter loved the Lord, and my friends will affirm this fact about me.
By the Rev. Elizabeth Murray. On Sunday, Feb. 8, I had the opportunity to attend a Latino LARCUM prayer service at St. David’s Lutheran Church in West Columbia.
By the Rev. Elizabeth Murray. Have you ever been in a space where you were not familiar with the traditions, customs, or language? What were the emotions you felt—anxious, stressed, uncomfortable?
By the Rev. Elizabeth Murray. Christmas is over and we are in the season of Epiphany, but Ash Wednesday will soon be upon us.
By the Rev. Angela Renee Johnson. Before I graduated from Winthrop University, I remember the Rev. Narcie Jeter reading the book, “Oh the Places You will Go,” by Dr. Seuss.