Commentary: WHAT I LEARNED IN 2006. . .

WHAT I LEARNED IN 2006….It is never too late to learn something. I leaned or relearned several things during this past year that might be worth sharing.I learned: Change is not easy but it is energizing.Our Annual Conference has experienced lots of change during the past year. The biggie is the transitioning process from 12 districts to 8. Even though we have talked about such a change for years (decades) it has not been easy. We just do not like change, especially as we get older. It is so...

Commentary: Finding humanity in our 'brave new world'

Editor's note: G. David Pollick is president of Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Ala. Two students of the United Methodist-related school were arrested and charged in March for a series of rural church burnings in Alabama. A third student who was arrested had attended the school before transferring to the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A UMNS CommentaryBy G. David Pollick For 150 years, Birmingham-Southern College has been dedicated to the highest and most noble purposes of...