Theology and Education

Adriana Murriello. Photo courtesy of the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

Knitting bonds of love and hope all over the world

Methodist education is all about transforming lives. Being part of the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities is a way of feeling a part of something bigger than one’s own institution.
Theology and Education
(From left) Bishop Pumla Nzimande, the Methodist Church of Southern Africa; the Rev. Graham Thompson, president of the Methodist Conference 2022/2023 in Britain; Amos Nascimento, United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry; and United Methodist Bishop Mande Muyombo, resident bishop of the North Katanga Area, join in a procession at the University of Roehampton, London, England, during the 10th joint international conference of the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities in Great Britain, April 25-May 1. Photo by Kimberly Lord, the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

Wesley’s vision of education alive and well today

Meeting in the United Kingdom, Methodist school leaders commemorate the founding of Kingswood School in Bath 275 years ago.
Theology and Education
Ashley Boggan, the top executive of the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History, urged the Council of Bishops to do a new thing as John Wesley did. She said the resources of the past, such as Wesley's advice to Methodists, can be used to envision the future. Graphic courtesy of the General Commission on Archives and History.

Historian urges bishops: Reclaim ‘vile’ heritage

In presenting the history of the episcopacy in Methodism, a United Methodist historian challenged bishops to take a page from John Wesley’s playbook and submit to be “more vile.”
Theology and Education
Among United Methodists who publish poetry, few if any can match the Rev. Harold “Hal” Recinos. A longtime professor at Perkins School of Theology, he has published 17 books of verse. For National Poetry Month, UM News interviewed Recinos, drawing him out on the importance of poetry in his life. City image by William Dais, courtesy of Pixabay, graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

Poetry helps seminary professor ‘stay awake in the gospel’

Harold “Hal” Recinos, a faculty member at Perkins School of Theology, started early reading poetry and has become a published poet himself, influenced by William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes.

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