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January 24, 2023 The Rev. Dennis Blackwell is weary of the news reports of people being shot, many times Black people. “Every morning, I turn the television on,” said Blackwell, a United Methodist pastor at Asbury Community Church in Woodlynne, New Jersey. “There are people
September 1, 2022 “Thou shall not kill.” – Exodus 20:13 We are called as United Methodist Bishops to respond to the devastation and disruption due to gun violence. Communities around the world are traumatized, we are facing a global and national health crisis, and children,
August 22, 2022 Beneath a gorgeous sunset, 50 or so people contemplated a display of empty red dresses and a board gently floating in Lake Benson. Candles burned inside glasses on the board. The dresses and candles symbolized missing indigenous women. The National Crime Information Center reports
A fresh crime scene is a miserable place. In Philadelphia, the Rev. Myra Maxwell or someone from her team gets there as fast as they can, with the goal of making it a little less miserable. “For the most part, people don’t understand what you’re
On January 11, 2014, Cyclone Ian hit Tonga with gusts of up to 178 miles per hour. The storm was later downgraded from Category 5 – the most destructive level – to Category 4, with gusts of up to 155 mph. The powerful storm cut
