Signs of Life - UM News

Connection across difference: The UM News podcast “Signs of Life” returns with the story of two congregations in Atlanta that embarked on a study of Howard Thurman's "Jesus and the Disinherited." One congregation predominately black and the other white, participants explore together a story of new understanding and relationship.

Transcript, photos and more at https://www.umnews.org/en/news/atlanta-connection-across-difference

Join us this Fall for Season One of "Signs of Life," an original podcast from UM News. The journey begins in Atlanta, hearing how a book from an icon of the Civil Rights movement is bringing relationship and understanding to two congregations seeking to bridge divides. Then to Belfast, learning about the Northern Ireland Peace Process and the Methodist connection that was—and is—an essential part of healing and peacemaking. Finally, at the Global Young Peoples Convocation in Dublin, explore the world of translation and interpretation through diversity, language and culture. https://www.umnews.org/en/news/um-news-podcast-season-one

The pastor of Martin United Methodist Church in the Horizon Texas Conference says he leads a “purple church,” where people are prioritized over political views. In “Signs of Life,” a new podcast from UM News, Ben Ward talks with the Rev. Daniel Hawkins about bringing diverse church members to the table and having sometimes hard conversations to be in community together. He says the congregation, which is one-third Tongan, is “unified without being uniform.”

Find a transcript and more at https://www.umnews.org/en/news/finding-unity-in-diversity-a-churchs-journey-with-rev-daniel-hawkins

Are there churches that have learned to live and worship together, even with seemingly opposing views on politics, culture, theology, class, and more? Can the story be told of hope and understanding and forgiveness and the future? These are those stories. Join host Ben Ward and United Methodist News for stories and signs of life.