A Reflection from Our Executive Director, Rev. Kathy Cooper Ledesma
Last week, I stood in the pulpit of Wesley Chapel in London—the very sanctuary built by John Wesley, founder of Methodism. The chapel grounds include his longtime home and gravesite, a place of deep spiritual and historical significance.
As someone ordained in the United Methodist Church in the 1980s, this moment was more than a visit. It was a homecoming. A tender reminder of the roots of a faith that calls us to justice, compassion, and relentless hope.
What moved me most wasn’t just the history, but the echo of Wesley’s final words, spoken shortly after writing to a pastor fighting to end slavery:
“The best of all, God is with us.”
In these times, when peaceful protests are misrepresented for political ends, when ICE targets communities like the one I grew up in, when fear is used as a weapon, we must reclaim this truth:
God is with us.
And because God is with us, we are called to see the sacred in one another and to work for peace and justice for all people, regardless of race, language, or origin.
This Saturday, June 14, parades and peaceful gatherings across the country call us toward that shared sacredness. These are the movements we support—because they affirm the divine in each of us.
John Wesley never stopped working for freedom. Neither can we.
“The best of all, God is with us.”
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