Matthew 5:16 “Make your light shine, so others will see the good you do and will praise your Father in heaven.” Growing up, I was always surrounded by impressive Christians. These persons had such great faith and sense of purpose and I wanted to be like them. I wanted to be able to preach with […]
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August 2015 Devotional Blog
Coexist –Luke 4:14-19 Jesus returned to Galilee powerful in the Spirit. News that he was back spread through the countryside. He taught in their meeting places to everyone’s acclaim and pleasure. He came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he […]
July 2015 Devotional Blog
What, to the Christian, is Forgiveness? or The Place of Forgiveness in Freedom “And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.” (Luke 23:24) This July, the United State of America, along with 23 other nation states, celebrate their country’s independence. The […]
June 2015 Devotional Blog
When I was 16 I decided, along with one of my friends, to spend a day fasting and praying. After dinner on Friday night, we both started. Saturday morning, we borrowed the keys to our church building, stocked up on all our favourite worship cds and barricaded ourselves in so we wouldn’t be distracted by […]
May 2015 Devotional Blog
Recently I was assigned to read “Practicing the Presence of God” once again. When the author writes Brother Lawrence (let’s call him Larry) to tell him of a friend who loses a close friend to death, Larry tells him to advise his friend to use these moments to his advantage. “What a great opportunity to […]
2016 International Methodist Young Leaders Seminar Applications now Available!

We are pleased to offer you the application for the 4th International Young Methodist Leaders Seminar (IMYLS) which will be held from August 28-29 in Houston Texas, United States. This event immediately precedes the 21st World Methodist Conference. This will be the culmination of several youth and young adult oriented activities as we seek to […]
Reflections on USA Black Methodist Youth Consultation

By: Lynn Hargrow (CME Church) There is great potential in ecumenism today. In an international context, the prominence of individual Christian denominations has fallen substantially from the shibboleths of unquestioned power they had this time a century ago. Thus, the need for working together to accomplish tasks is even more pressing now than it was […]
April/Easter 2015 Devotional Blog

Resurrection, Superheroes, and the Fight For Justice Growing up in church, Easter was always my favorite holiday as a child. Although our observance of Christmas was sure to mean new presents for me, somehow Easter was the one I enjoyed the most. I loved the Easter speeches we children recited on Easter Sunday during Sunday […]
Brazilian Methodist Youth Confederation holds “Campaign for Prayer” in March

Porque clamar por justiça? Nós somos a Igreja de Cristo a qual espera pela volta de seu noivo, porém nosso trabalho não acabou e não estamos apenas esperando o Rei voltar, mas estamos em movimento e precisamos clamar e pedir a Deus por nossa nação e por todos os países. Temos este compromisso de orar e […]
Global Young People’s Convocation and Legislative Assembly (GYPCLA) 2014 Unity Statement

MANILA, Philippines July 20, 2014/GBOD – United Methodist young people from around the world have urged leaders of the denomination to “seek solutions that promote our global unity” and not be divided by issues such as homosexuality. The Global Young People’s Convocation & Legislative Assembly, attended by more than 300 young people and observers, adopted […]