General Conference, Popular, Recent 13 May 2016 Three Important Words I am currently attending the General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon. This is where United Methodists… Tom Berlin 7 Comments
Annual Conference, Popular, Recent 05 Jun 2014 Resolution #1 A funny thing happened when I opened the resolution section of this year’s Book of Reports before our upcoming session… Tom Berlin 9 Comments
Sierra Leone 01 Jun 2013 A Tour of Mercy Hospital Research Lab Let me begin by telling you that it all started at the playground at the last Floris UMC building. Then… Tom Berlin No Comments
Annual Conference, General Conference, Popular 26 Jun 2012 General Conference Report 2012: Virginia Annual Conference On Saturday, June 23rd, I presented a report on General Conference to the Virginia Annual Conference. This is the transcript… Tom Berlin 2 Comments
General Conference 05 Jun 2012 A General Conference Postlude I am sitting in the Washington National Cathedral, a good place to gain some perspective on the recent General Conference.… Tom Berlin No Comments
General Conference 03 May 2012 We Are Called To Be on God’s Side It seems that no one feels things lightly at General Conference. Every issue brought to the floor, from whether we… Tom Berlin No Comments
General Conference 02 May 2012 No Guarantees I lost my guaranteed appointment Tuesday at General Conference. It was there one minute and gone the next, like the… Tom Berlin No Comments
General Conference 01 May 2012 Some Days We Can’t Agree on Anything Lots of United Methodists hoped that this General Conference would produce some real changes in the way we conduct our… Tom Berlin No Comments
General Conference 29 Apr 2012 Sometimes We Really Can All Agree There are moments when the church makes me so proud I am a member. One occurred today during our legislative… Tom Berlin No Comments
General Conference 27 Apr 2012 Facts are our Friends Some time ago I attended a conference where the speaker said, Facts are our friends. I quote that a lot at Floris… Tom Berlin No Comments