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Human Rights

The Rev. Christopher P. Momany. Photo by Kristen Schell.

Resistance is not enough

United Methodists’ baptismal call to resist injustice demands attention. “What does God call us to be for, that at the same time might require our resistance to systems and structures?”

What does hate feel like in the body?

Through self-awareness, we can understand and respond to the spiritual, emotional and physical warning signs of hate, writes the Rev. Neelley Hicks.

Social Concerns

Coming out with the new Book of Discipline

The Rev. Dr. Rebekah Miles, a veteran General Conference delegate, writes about what the removal of the Discipline’s longtime anti-gay stance means for The United Methodist Church and for her personally.

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