“When we pray for people with whom we are in conflict, we open a channel through which God will work fully as much within us as within the wider situation.” —Stephen V. Doughty
All families experience conflict, but rarely does it become so destructive and harmful that it threatens to divide us and redefine relationships for years to come.
We see and hear the pain and hurt that our United Methodist family is experiencing due to the recent actions of General Conference in St. Louis, and our heart breaks.
We give thanks that we follow a God who has experienced such pain, a God who knows about broken hearts and how to heal them.
As staff of The Upper Room, our work is to create safe space, holy ground, for the healing, transformation, and love of the whole world and everyone in it.
We offer a few helps on this journey of healing and transformation. The road is not easy. Thank God we do not go it alone.
Resources for Conflict and Community
I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
View a growing list of resources for the spiritual work of overcoming racism.