Racism

The Rev. Calvin Hill, a Navajo holy man and pastor at First United Methodist Church in Newcastle, Wyo., puts cedar ashes on Doug Tzan, assistant dean at Wesley Theological Seminary, in a calling your name ceremony Sept. 11 during the 10th Historical Convocation at Bozeman United Methodist Church in Bozeman, Mont. The convocation featured a detailed report on The United Methodist Church’s involvement with U.S. boarding schools for Native American children. Photo by the Rev. Jeremy Smith.

Spotlighting UMC’s role in Indigenous boarding schools

A report on The United Methodist Church’s involvement with U.S. boarding schools for Native American children was presented at the 10th Historical Convocation. Remembrance and reconciliation is the goal of the initial research, but more work is planned.

Social Concerns

The Rev. Larry Pickens Photo courtesy of the author.

Advancing a theology of reparations

The Black experience is grounded in the pain of racism, and reparative justice offers a means to address that trauma and transform relationships.

Faith Stories

The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. speaks about nonviolence at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., in 2009, during a congressional civil rights pilgrimage to the state. The church was the site of a 1961 confrontation between Freedom Riders and an angry mob. Lawson died June 9 at age 95. File photo by Kathy L. Gilbert, UM News.

Stories abound after the death of the Rev. James Lawson

The United Methodist pastor, who died June 9, is being remembered as a “giant for nonviolence, peace and love.” Acolytes and friends of the Civil Rights leader say his legacy will continue to change society for the better.

Faith Stories

The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., known as “the architect of the Civil Rights Movement,” talks about Black Lives Matter and nonviolent protest during a break from teaching at the Children’s Defense Fund’s Proctor Institute in Clinton, Tenn., in 2016. Lawson died June 9. He was 95. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

The Rev. James Lawson, pastor and civil rights pioneer, dies at 95

During his lifetime, Lawson studied and taught nonviolent resistance, walked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and trained many of the young leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.

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