Associates in Advocacy

AIA's mission is to help the Church fulfill its own intentions to be just. AS ADVOCATES, WE WILL SEEK RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION WHERE POSSIBLE AND JUSTICE ALWAYS.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Observations on Recent Judicial Council Decisions

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  I have not regretted going over a year without commentaries on Judicial Council Decisions.  Most of the issues before the Council were of ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Paying Attention to the Unnoticed

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Below is the email I sent to each bishop, active and retired, around the world.  I addressed each personally, using first names for the few ...
Friday, July 1, 2022

Something worth considering

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Dear Bishop, As the globe warms, you and your episcopal colleagues are seeking strategies which can rebuild our Church. That process will ta...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

Ah, presumptuous sin

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  Dear Bishop, When I wrote to you earlier this month about global warming, several of your colleagues responded in a very helpful manner.  ...
Saturday, May 28, 2022

Interesting Day

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  Dear Bishop,                                                                                                              May 3, 2022   Th...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Commentary on Judicial Council Decisions 1400 to 1418

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  Introduction -  The following observations are intended to encourage you to read the decisions of the Judicial Council (JC or Council) for...

JCM 1400

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ee.umc.org/decisions/81526   Florida Annual Conference v. Provisional Members   In 2012, Rev. Kenneth Carter was elected to the episcopacy. ...
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Jerry Eckert
I write/edit both Jerry's Place and the blog for Associates in Advocacy (AIA). I get only one profile to put in both. For more on AIA, go to their website. Born in 1935, I was raised mostly in Waukesha, WI. I attended the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and in Madison for a BS in Anthropology (1958). SMU's Perkins School of Theology granted me a BD in 1962. By then, Ann and I had been married three years. I served churches in Wisconsin. We adopted David (1965) and Karen (1968). I received a Masland Fellowship in 1967 and attended Union Theological Seminary in New York for a school year. In 1985, Ann went to New Orleans in a career move and I took five years' leave of absence. In 1990, we returned to pursue our careers in Wisconsin and retired in 1995, moving back to Slidell, LA, where we had previously lived. I focussed on writing and Associates in Advocacy responsibilities. In 2003, we moved to Port Charlotte, FL, to take care of Ann's mother and stayed on after she passed away. Surviving Hurricane Charlie, we live in active retirement.
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