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- Bonding through basketball: Annual tournament held Jan. 22-24 in Columbia By Allison Trussell. More than 350 youth from around the state came to Columbia Jan. 22-24 for the South Carolina United Methodist Basketball Tournament. Three champions were crowned, and the prestigious Mitch Milford Trophy went to a church this year instead of one team.
- People of the story By Jessica Brodie. Storyteller. After five days in Portland, Oregon, site of the upcoming 2016 General Conference, where I sat elbow-to-elbow with fellow United Methodist communicators learning about how better to do our work for God’s Kingdom, that’s the word I keep coming back to...
- Hispanic/Latino ministries: 'You had one job' 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...
- It’s never too late to pray By Bishop Jonathan Holston. In January, I was privileged to travel with a delegation of 41 persons from South Carolina to Africa University in the city of Mutare, Zimbabwe....
- Part 2—Counterpoint: The necessity of the word incompatible: a response to Dr. Thomas A. Summers Over the years, I’ve known several pastors who were also physicians and several attorneys who were also clergy. In dealing with them, I quickly became aware of the depth of their analysis and experience. The more angles from which an issue is illumined, the better the change of a rich and deep understanding.
- Part 2—Point: May incompatibility rest in peace As seen in last month’s Part 1, the 12 days of the 1972 General Conference of The United Methodist Church were impacted by its denominational transitions and an era of critical social upheavals. For instance, one such social concern was the emergence of a liberation movement for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons taking place in the United States.
- Part 1—Counterpoint: The necessity of the word incompatible: a response to Dr. Thomas A. Summers I am indebted to my colleague the Rev. Dr. Tom Summers for several reasons, the first of which is his long history of pastoral care of the mentally ill, particularly at the State Hospital, where my aunt and her son spent nearly 60 years until they died.
- Part 1—Point: May incompatibility rest in peace Remaining as a constant burden around the neck of the United Methodist Church, its General Conference’s decision in 1972 that the “practice” of homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching” continues to radiate its polarizing influence.
- January 2016
- The connection and the flood By Jessica Brodie. As South Carolina United Methodists continue their long-term effort to rebuild and repair homes and churches damaged after the October floods, Christian brothers and sisters outside the state are pitching in with hammer, nail—and checkbook.