August 24, 2009

Church and Society

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‘Amazing grace’
An encounter with Great Britain’s National Health System
By the Rev. Peter Storey

Former Methodist bishop learns health care is not a commodity to be bought and sold in London, even to foreigners.

Samuel and Rebekah
Healing the Jericho traveler
By the Rev. Jackson Day

2-act drama about the "Good Samaritan" can serve as discussion starter about health-care reform.

140,000 join faith-based call on health care
3 United Methodist pastors featured

Call with Obama launches ’40 Days for Health Reform.’

United Methodists struggle with health-care reform
By Kathy Gilbert

Empathize with those without coverage, express concern about costs, quality of care.

Native American Women’s Gathering
Oct. 16-18, Lake Junaluska, N.C.

Abrams, Diaz-Ware among 4 to be honored for contributions to Native ministries.

So, what's a person to do?
What difference did it make?
By Amory Peck

Attending annual meeting of U.N. Commission on Status of Women leads to disquieting questions and self-assessment.

Cultural schizophrenia
No mental-health diagnosis for it
By the Rev. Timothy McNeil

Racism frequently becomes replicated in family systems and can surface in every generation.

Reverse trick or treating
Trick or treaters can give back on Halloween

Giving fair-trade chocolate to households is an attempt to raise awareness of child abuses in the cocoa industry worldwide.

Supreme Court rules Davis should get hearing
3rd time Georgia execution stayed

7 of 9 witness change testimony about killing of police officer in Savannah.

Abolishing Poverty in Appalachia
Sept. 11-12, Kingsport, Tenn.

Bishops Ward, Swanson to keynote conference addressing rural poverty.

Reject KEI missile appropriation
Pentagon plans to halt program

House Defense Authorization Bill includes money for program ‘essentially eliminated’ during Bush administration.

On road to mental illness recovery
Pathways to Promise interfaith ministries summit

Conference will equip attendees to help persons that may suffer from mental illness.

Lake Junaluska Peace Conference
‘People of Faith Building Partnerships for Peace’

Christian, Islamic and Jewish speakers will address common heritage for peace building.

On does anyone really believe that?
‘We’ve become little more than social clubs focused on institutional maintenance.’
—Allen Ewing-Merrill (Maine)


‘Amazing grace’

Samuel and Rebekah

140,000 join faith-based call on health care

United Methodists struggle with health-care reform

Native American Women’s Gathering

So, what's a person to do?

Cultural schizophrenia

Reverse trick or treating

Supreme Court rules Davis should get hearing

Abolishing Poverty in Appalachia

Reject KEI missile appropriation

On road to mental illness recovery

Lake Junaluska Peace Conference

On does anyone really believe that?

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