Month: October 2025

  • Competing Worldviews at COP 30

    Competing Worldviews at COP 30

    As representatives of many nations and members of civil society from around the world prepare to gather for COP30 in Belém, the competing worldviews of various participants are clearly in view. Representatives of the United Methodist Church will be there, informed by our common faith. The Community of All Creation section of our United Methodist

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  • Communities and Churches Destroyed by the January 2025 Wildfires

    Communities and Churches Destroyed by the January 2025 Wildfires

    In January 2025, two United Methodist Churches—Community UMC of Pacific Palisades and Altadena UMC—were burned to the ground in a devastating wildfire. Though only a few miles apart, both shared more than geography: each was founded over a century ago and leaves behind a legacy of deep community involvement. Community UMC has long been known

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  • Calming the Storms of Our Times

    Calming the Storms of Our Times

    Photo by Paul Jeffrey. Used by permission. I’m grateful to be working with the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement (including Fossil Free UMC and the California-Nevada Climate Justice Ministries Task Force), doing what we can and calling the United Methodist Church to urgent and meaningful climate action. Our most recent effort was to write an

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