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Peace with Justice
"When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable." Thomas Merton As I walked through my neighborhood pharmacy to pick up a... read more »
‘Faith & Mental Health’
Bulletin insert for Mental Health Awareness Month is May
General Boards of Church & Society, Global Ministries develop insert on ‘Creating Caring & Sharing Communities’ to address mental illness. read more »
Supply and Demand: Profit over People?
A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark. Chinese proverb “There but for the grace of God go I”, is a phrase that I hear frequently from people reflecting on pain and suffering, and I must admit, it... read more »
Name mental illness from the pulpit
Jesus cast out ‘demons,’ which seldom get mentioned today
It is important for pastors and congregations to provide support to those who have experienced mental illness. read more »
Social Principles bulletin inserts available
Free resource downloadable from General Board of Church & Society website
32 bulletin inserts in resource being continuously updated, including by request of local churches. read more »
Seeking Justice: Thinking globally, engaging locally
United Methodist Seminar Program offers resources for learning at home
Monthly series provides materials, tools focused on social justice issues to facilitate education for action. read more »
Opportunity for faith communities
Young people having hard time coping
It makes little sense to cut back campus and young-adult ministries; it makes more sense to expand this vital mission outreach. read more »
Young adult shootings
General public seems unaware of pressures causing rampages
Students experiencing losses, pressures and mental illness in epidemic proportions on college and university campuses. read more »
How to Become a Caring Community
This resource provides a series of suggestions on steps congregations can take, in the areas of education, covenant, welcome, support, and advocacy on behalf of persons with mental illness and their families, in order to become a United Methodist Caring Community. read more »
Fighting the demons
Mental illness needs to be named openly from the pulpit
Rampage in Colorado and movement of the Holy Spirit in North Carolina prompt reflection that mental illness should be no more stigmatized than diabetes or heart disease. read more »