This is the category for Advocate editorials and other viewpoints.
By Brittany Isaac United Methodist Women and Limitless, its sect for younger women ages 14-30, are devoted to enriching the lives of others spiritually. Knowing God and being a community…
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By Jessica Brodie. It doesn’t matter how many years I’ve been out of school—I still celebrate back-to-school season. There’s something about the freshly gleaming pads of paper and neat little boxes of pencils at Target stacked carefully next to rows of neon-colored highlighters and binders that make my heart go pitter-patter.
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By Bishop Jonathan Holston. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”—2 Corinthians 5:7
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Read the sixth narrative accepted for publication (this one by the Rev. Drew Martin) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
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Anticipating the report of the UMC human sexuality commission By James Ellis Griffeth Editor’s note: This is part one of a three-part series on homosexuality and a way forward for…
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We need to remember that the most important thing about our faith is who we follow: Christ. An editorial by Jessica Brodie.
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Read the fifth narrative accepted for publication (this one by Stephen Graham) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
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Read the fourth narrative accepted for publication (this one by Barbara Gentry) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
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Advocate Editor Jessica Brodie on racism, building bridges and Annual Conference.
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By Jessica Brodie (Read full coverage of General Conference—click here) I sat there in the General Conference press room May 17 watching new Council of Bishops President Bruce Ough take…
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By Bishop Jonathan Holston “Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you a more excellent way.”—1 Corinthians 12:31 We hear it all the time: time flies….
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Read the third narrative accepted for publication (this one by the Rev. Amiri Hooker) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
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As a first-year student at Candler School of Theology, I’ve been blessed with so many amazing learning opportunities, including the chance to take a polity class on the 2016 General Conference. By Hillary Taylor.
Read MoreBy Bishop Jonathan Holston. “You’ve got to see the bigger picture!” Frankly, I do not know who is given credit for this phrase, but it shares a significant insight…
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By Jessica Brodie. This month, The United Methodist Church is gearing up for its quadrennial family reunion: General Conference. Yes, “family reunion” was my takeaway from the 2012 General Conference, when this editor stood…
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Read the second narrative accepted for publication (this one by Cindy Curtis) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
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Read the first narrative accepted for publication (this one by Anne Bonnette Harmon) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
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By Jessica Brodie. The forced solitude and inherent meditation opportunity in my morning commute has become my favorite time of the day to pray. Lulled into a happy, contemplative place by the hum of the car and the beauty of the coming day spread out in a panorama all around me, it’s a special, peaceful time I cherish and a great way to start the day.
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By Bishop Jonathan Holston. In June 2015, laity and clergy across the South Carolina Annual Conference accepted the clarion call to end deaths by malaria.
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Two South Carolina United Methodist pastors—Dr. Tom Summers and the Rev. Phil Thrailkill—address one of the key issues up for dialogue and vote at this year’s General Conference: homosexuality.
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