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August 31, 2020 – As we begin a new academic year at Wesley Theological Seminary we are also mindful that our world is in disarray. The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 180,000 Americans and infected more than 6 million. The pandemic has also revealed the racial and social inequalities in America as disproportionate numbers […]
Day 7 – March 3 Wm. R. “Mac” McKenney Community Connections: WTS M.Div., 2018; Associate Pastor, Good Shepherd UMC, Dale City, VA. Superpower: Center, Varsity Basketball, Wesley Theological Seminary (undefeated since 1882) If necessary ~ Isaiah 55: 6-11 I saw an image on Facebook the other day – a picture of St. Francis in a […]
Day 6 – March 2 Stacey Cole Wilson Community Connections: Wesley Theological Seminary, M.Div. 2003, WTS Board Member and donor, Ordained Elder in the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church. Birthplace, Baltimore, MD. Superpower: Love that heals Because of God (I Am), We Are ~ Inspired by the South African concept of Ubuntu and […]
Day 5 -March 1 Claire Coker Community Connections: 3rd Year WTS M.Div. student Superpower: Propagating too many houseplants. Let me know if you want a cutting! “Community of Creativity” Inspiration: “You Do Not Have to Be Good” Exhibit by Cheryl Agulnick Hochberg. “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver. “For Longing” by John O’ Donohue from To […]
Day 3 – Feb 28 Karen Santiago Community Connections: WTS Director, International Student Service; WTS Adjunct Professor, International Student Seminar; WTS Staff Council Co-Chair Superpower: Raising fierce little humans What the fast are we doing? ~ Isaiah 58:3-4 I don’t fast. The closest I have ever come to fasting is riding on the “intermittent fasting” […]
Day 2 – Feb 27 Kevin Highfield Community Connections: WTS Alum, 2018, UMC Baltimore-Washington recommended for Provisional Elder, working in Cambridge circuit for The Methodist Church of Britain (Cambridge UK). Superpower: The Encourager, helping you in your journey to take the next affirmative step Go Where? ~ Luke 9:18 – 25 This passage in Luke […]
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January 13, 2020 I would like to begin this reflection with a clarification that the “Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation” is just a proposal that will need to be approved by the General Conference delegates, and thus, these ruminations are merely hypothetical. However, the Protocol comes with a great deal of weight given […]
March 2, 2019 As a young missionary I was assigned to Cuba during a time when the Soviet Union was collapsing, which provoked an economic, political and spiritual crisis on the island. Cuba had been very dependent on the former Soviet Union and its systems reflected that dependence. The early 1990s brought shortages of food, […]
