by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Mar 4, 2026 | Opinion
United Methodists (UMC) have taken a stand for justice in many ways throughout the church’s history, from opposing slavery to supporting the labor and Civil Rights movements, as well as the 1980s sanctuary movement for Central American refugees. Methodists have also...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Jan 14, 2026 | Opinion
As we are all now painfully and polaristically aware, Renee Nicole Good, a thirty-seven-year-old mother of three who had dropped her six-year-old off at school last Wednesday morning, was shot three times point-blank in a residential neighborhood by ICE officer...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Dec 23, 2025 | Opinion
As Christians once again await the inbreaking of God’s incarnate love with expectant hearts, it’s easy to feel weary at the current state of the world. In my United Methodist tradition, we often sing different verses of the hymn, “Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel”...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Dec 1, 2025 | Opinion
The weekend before Thanksgiving, I participated in an act of holy resistance, organized by Denver-area Catholics in partnership with Together Colorado. The action was a “Stations of the Cross for Migrants and Immigrants” procession. The location was outside the...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Nov 11, 2025 | Opinion
Since the Trump 2.0 regime took office this January, there has been much talk—as well as significant action and activism—around the concept of resistance. This is important. We must resist the fascist ideologies and actions of a government operating daily from an...
