Read the 18th narrative accepted for publication (this one by Sam Watson) in the Advocate’s project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.

God doesn’t meow like my cat. But He’s still nudging us daily—all day long. A reflection by Advocate Editor Jessica Brodie.

Bishop Jonathan Holston reflects on how, as Ephesians reminds us, God does not push us around but is always at work within us.

Read the 17th narrative accepted for publication (this one by Bill Dowler) in the Advocate’s project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.

Advocate Editor Jessica Brodie on how we must deal with our wounds in order to heal.

Read the 16th narrative accepted for publication (this one by the Rev. Meredith Dark) in the Advocate’s project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.

By Jessica Brodie. God can do all things. He made the universe. He made the world. He made us all. He has a plan, and He always works all things to His good purpose. And that is why—even amid arguments and worries and legal disputes and other ways we simple, non-divine human beings attempt to solve problems—I am resting calmly, safely and securely in the faith that God is with us all and will see us through everything.

By Bishop L. Jonathan Holston. When I think about Annual Conference, it has always been a time of reinforcing our identity, mission and ministry as a community of faith. In other words, we are people who love God, seek to do God’s will, love and cherish each other and treat others with dignity and honesty, as well as people who build bridges of understanding and peace. This is who we are, what we do and why it matters...

Read the 15th narrative accepted for publication (this one by the Rev. John Culp) in the Advocate’s project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.

As the UMC debates over issues of human sexuality, Advocate Editor Jessica Brodie reminds us to keep our focus more on God and being united in Christ than on any distractions sent our way.

Bishop Jonathan Holston writes about the 2017 South Carolina Annual Conference, what he calls "a blessed time to gather for praise, worship, service and holy conferencing."

Read the 14th narrative accepted for publication (this one by Hattie Polk) in the Advocate’s project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.