Tag: UMCGC

An Honest Accounting of “Missing” African Delegates

.Reading time 10 minutes.

There are as many as 100 International Delegates not at United Methodist General Conference this year, many of whom are from Africa. This has caused many questions. Allegations have been made that General Conference failed to communicate with them quickly, or the American government failed to issue visas quickly. Calls have been made to investigate. […]

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Table Rules (“Crowded Table,” Highwomen Cover)

.Reading time 6 minutes.

General Conference starts today, and I am thinking about this song and what might happen these next few weeks. I don’t think it’s an accident that I was introduced to this song by clergywomen colleagues.
We were all sitting around a fire pit on a clergy retreat two years ago (I had my guitar…) when several […]

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Long, Tortured Thoughts About the Long Torturned Journey to General Conference 2024

.Reading time 37 minutes.

This week, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church will begin in Charlotte, North Carolina. This will be the first “regular” General Conference since 2016. I thought I would put down a few thoughts ahead of this potentially momentous week for the new United Methodist Church. These will be a combination of personal reflections […]

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