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2022 Lenten Devotional-Week 4
Like Nicodemus, looking for Jesus at night, I approached the experience of fasting for five days with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in front of the offices of Nelson Peltz in Manhattan with more doubts than answers. I fasted with the intention of continuing the call to Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program, which among other things promotes the cessation of sexual abuse experienced by women in the agricultural fields.
2022 Lenten Devotional- Week 3
This Lent, I will look for God to meet me in those places of despair, helplessness, grief, sorrow... I will “find my rest in God alone and remember that my hope comes from him.” I may not get the easy solutions and answers I want, but I receive God’s presence within the unresolved.
Statement on the Delay of General Conference
Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) commends the Commission on General Conference for their decision to prioritize equity in the difficult decision to delay the General Conference until 2024. We acknowledge the wisdom of the commission during these turbulent times and wholly support this decision.
2022 Lenten Devotional- Week 2
This Lenten season, I’m setting an intention to start each morning in prayerful reflection, to bring to God in faith the matters that I feel so passionate I give my time to throughout the month. More than the daily prayer that opens my day, I’m talking about being intentional with each group, or issue, or problem that calls me to do justice work.
2022 Lenten Devotional- Ash Wednesday
By internal design, our hearts, minds, body, and strength are all designed to be in relationship with one another, to share a connection of love and justice, and to not do the work alone.
Racial Audit Reflection
Paloma Rodriguez-Rivera reflects on her experience as a member of MFSA’s Racial Audit Team.
Racial Audit Reflection
Rev. Dr. Mary Kay Totty reflects on her experience as a member of MFSA’s Racial Audit Team.
Merry Christmas Devotional
“Those of us engaged in advocacy work get so wrapped up in identifying the problems and root causes of injustice that we often forget to imagine what we actually want the world to look like.”
