Faith Stories

Frank Luchsinger laughs at an exchange between Janet Gray and Dave Allen during a visit at Gray’s home in Franklin, Tenn. The two men, both of whom outlived their wives, spend their Tuesdays together, visiting church members on the prayer list at Brentwood (Tenn.) United Methodist Church. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Leveraging faith to walk through grief

Two United Methodists relied on their faith to help them grieve their wives' deaths as they discover new life paths.

Embrace your ‘next’ as part of God’s plan

As he planned retirement from local church ministry, the Rev. Olu Brown envisioned a new philosophy of normalizing “next” and living life to the fullest.

Local Church

The Rev. Bob Long speaks Dec. 2, 2020, during Advent at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. The Rev. Long’s Advent and Christmas series was inspired by the memoir of Sanford D. Greenberg, a Jewish philanthropist who has devoted himself to eradicating blindness. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Bob Long.

Blind man’s memoir sparks Advent sermons

The Rev. Bob Long drew on Sanford Greenberg’s “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend” for a pre-Christmas sermon series, inspiring a congregation and making the pastor a friend.

General Church

United Methodist News honors notable church members who died in 2020. Candle image by Gerd Altmann, courtesy of Pixabay.

2020: Remembering notable United Methodists

United Methodists this year marked the passing of civil rights giants, groundbreaking bishops and a founding father of Africa University.

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