The Bishop shares about transformative power of grace, as described in 2 Corinthians 12:9, is central to the United Methodist understanding of faith. In 2025, the Northern Illinois and Wisconsin conferences will embrace a year of grace, experimenting with new ministries, fostering cultural competency, and reframing mission as an act of love and renewal, grounded in God’s unmerited favor.
Read MoreYet once again, we mourn the losses of those lives taken because of a school shooting, and we lament the lack of safety and the anxiety our children must bear because adults cannot create secure environments for education.
Read MoreBishop Dan Schwerin invites people to join him in prayer as the people of the Republic of Korea are concerned about their homeland. A recent call for martial law, though turned down, has provoked dismay.
Read MoreBishop Schwerin asks Northern Illinois United Methodists to turn to their faith communities and our means of grace: worship, prayer, communion, Bible study, fasting, works of mercy, and Christian conversation, and seek God’s face and a nonviolent response to today's national elections.
Read MoreBishop Dan Schwerin's sermon before the UMC Council of Bishops reminds us that we are kin in Christ, and the well-being of one is integral to the well-being of all.
Read MoreBishop Dan Schwerin reflects on the power of imagination, rooted in Jesus’s teachings of love and justice, as a bond for communities. Through his ministry, he’s witnessed how healing, informed by Ubuntu and the complex layers of intersectionality, is essential for collective well-being and meaningful, restorative justice in faith communities.
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