New Mexico Annual Conference

Bishop Robert Schnase stands in front of a colorful quilt of birds made by his wife, Esther Schnase. Video image courtesy of the Rio Texas and New Mexico Conferences via Vimeo by UM News.

Bishop finds birding a metaphor for the spiritual life

Bishop Robert Schnase, who oversees the Rio Texas and New Mexico conferences, is a longtime, avid birder. In a three-minute video reflection, he speaks about how he embraced the pastime and how it has become, for him, a metaphor for the spiritual life.

Mission and Ministry

A mural warns residents of the danger posed by the COVID-19 outbreak in the Navajo Nation near Shiprock, N.M. The United Methodist Church’s Four Corners Native American Ministry is helping support tribal members and front-line workers on the reservation. Photo by Andrew Hay, REUTERS.

United Methodist ministry aids Navajo Nation

The Four Corners Native American Ministry is among those helping tribal members and front-line workers as COVID-19 cases continue to rise on the reservation.

Social Concerns

Amber Ruiz and Jazmyn Blake embrace during a vigil a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 4. Photo by Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters.

Mass shootings prompt prayer, action

United Methodists across the U.S. lamented, prayed and planned for action in the wake of two mass shootings.

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