Dear Grace UMC Church Family, What a powerful week this has been for me this past week.  As many of you know, I have been away on a Civil Rights Pilgrimage. We have traveled to Birmingham, Selma, and Atlanta.  I always say that “if we really believe that the image of God lives in all of us, then spending time with each other…

Dear Grace United Methodist Church Family, I will be away this week attending the wedding of Rev. Dr. Cynthia Weems.  She is getting married in Kansas City this weekend.  After attending her wedding, I fly to complete an elective course for my doctoral work through Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC (the elective worktakes place in Birmingham, AL).  The doctoral program I am a part of is cohort based,…