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This bible study was written by David Wildman, a seminar designer for the Women’s Division’s United Methodist Seminar Program on National and International Affairs, at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York City.

Study on Forgiveness by Delia Halverson

A UMNS Feature by Marta W. Aldrich on video game violence (June 7, 2005)

Members of Hobson United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn., burn strips of paper on which they’ve written things they need to be forgiven for during an act of “repentance, forgiveness and renewal.” Forgiveness is a tenet of faith and a popular sermon topic, but the practice of daily reconciliation — of cleansing the hatred from [...]

A 2004 article from the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) about United Methodist Women being recognized with peacemaking awards from World Council of Churches.

A resource for families compiled by the National Council of Churches, designed to engage families in conversations and activities that will nurture lifestyles of peace and nonviolence

This 32-page study guide invites United Methodists to thoughtfully consider and prayerfully understand security in a post-Sept. 11 world. The document is not an official document of the Council but is approved by the Council for use by local congregations to stimulate conversation and reflection. It sets a foundation to deepen our Christian conversation about what security means within our faith and asks United Methodists to consider how inadequate fear-based ethics are in personal and political decision-making and to wrestle with the myth of human invulnerability.

This article lifts up the peacemaking work of the United Methodist Women and the peace instruction in the UMW School of Christian Mission. By Erik Alsgaard of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference staff.

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to the crisis in Iraq through our ecumenical parters.

The General Board of Global Ministries published these resources for a 2002-2003 mission study.