{"id":41745,"date":"2026-03-02T15:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/?p=41745"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:48:01","slug":"a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mensaje del obispo Graves | 2 de marzo de 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
Queridos amigos, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mientras los titulares informan sobre la expansi\u00f3n de la acci\u00f3n militar en Ir\u00e1n y el aumento de la inestabilidad en toda la regi\u00f3n, muchos de nosotros sentimos el peso de este momento. La guerra nos agobia, ya sea que dure un d\u00eda o muchos a\u00f1os. El dolor y el miedo no son abstractos. Los sufren las familias, los soldados, los civiles y las congregaciones de nuestras propias comunidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Principios Sociales de la Iglesia Metodista Unida fundamentan nuestra respuesta. Afirmamos que cada persona ha sido creada a imagen y semejanza de Dios. Declaramos que la guerra es incompatible con las ense\u00f1anzas y el ejemplo de Jesucristo. Rechazamos la guerra como instrumento normal o aceptable de la pol\u00edtica nacional. Si bien los gobiernos tienen la responsabilidad de proteger a su pueblo, el uso de la fuerza es siempre un tr\u00e1gico fracaso de la comunidad humana y debe limitarse, restringirse y medirse por la protecci\u00f3n de la vida inocente y la b\u00fasqueda de una paz justa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Las Escrituras nos recuerdan que el juicio humano es limitado. \u201cSin direcci\u00f3n, la naci\u00f3n cae, pero en la abundancia de consejeros hay seguridad\u201d. Proverbios 11:14. Lo que una generaci\u00f3n defiende, otra puede lamentarlo. Esta realidad nos llama a la humildad, a la oraci\u00f3n y a la claridad moral moldeada por Cristo, en lugar de por el miedo o el nacionalismo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Como cuerpo de Cristo, nuestra acci\u00f3n preventiva es el amor. Nuestra respuesta preventiva al miedo es el arrepentimiento, la oraci\u00f3n, la conferencia santa y el testimonio fiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jes\u00fas ense\u00f1a: \u201cBienaventurados los pacificadores\u201d. Mateo 5:9. La pacificaci\u00f3n no es pasiva. Requiere valent\u00eda y perseverancia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En esta temporada, hacemos un llamado a nuestras iglesias de la Conferencia Misionera de los Apalaches Centrales, la Conferencia de Kentucky y la Conferencia de Tennessee-Kentucky Occidental:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n
Oremos por el fin de la violencia y por la protecci\u00f3n de vidas inocentes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Oremos por los l\u00edderes pol\u00edticos y militares, para que la sabidur\u00eda y la moderaci\u00f3n gu\u00eden sus decisiones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Cuida a los veteranos, las familias de militares en activo, los inmigrantes y los refugiados de tus comunidades que puedan sufrir miedo o traumas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Ense\u00f1ar y modelar la paz cristiana moldeada por la vida y resurrecci\u00f3n de Jesucristo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Vivimos en tiempos impredecibles. Nuestra misi\u00f3n sigue siendo la misma. Nos dirigimos primero a nuestro Creador. Llevamos nuestras l\u00e1grimas y nuestras preguntas a la oraci\u00f3n. Buscamos la sabidur\u00eda que Dios nos da generosamente. Encarnamos el amor sacrificial all\u00ed donde Dios nos ha colocado. Y seguimos proclamando el misterio de la fe: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cristo ha muerto. Cristo ha resucitado. Cristo volver\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Que la paz de Cristo guarde nuestros corazones y gu\u00ede nuestro testimonio compartido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gracia y paz,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Obispo David Graves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear friends, As headlines report expanding military action in Iran and rising instability across the region, many of us feel the weight of this moment. War weighs on us whether […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":41748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[189,12],"class_list":["post-41745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bishop","tag-bishop-communications","tag-feature"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026 - TWKUMC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026 - TWKUMC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear friends, As headlines report expanding military action in Iran and rising instability across the region, many of us feel the weight of this moment. War weighs on us whether […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TWKUMC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T21:24:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T19:48:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jonathan Stallings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jonathan Stallings\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jonathan Stallings\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b57a05129a4185cc675bd5c03e2c29b3\"},\"headline\":\"A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-02T21:24:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T19:48:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/\"},\"wordCount\":406,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bishop Communications\",\"feature\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bishop\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/\",\"name\":\"A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026 - TWKUMC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-02T21:24:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T19:48:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/\",\"name\":\"TWKUMC\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TWKUMC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TWK-Full_ColorBlack.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TWK-Full_ColorBlack.webp\",\"width\":2340,\"height\":478,\"caption\":\"TWKUMC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b57a05129a4185cc675bd5c03e2c29b3\",\"name\":\"Jonathan Stallings\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b3f2e0dfd83143f34c6c1d237137477e59ab07bb3ed69df6f0121bd7baab0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b3f2e0dfd83143f34c6c1d237137477e59ab07bb3ed69df6f0121bd7baab0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jonathan Stallings\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/author\/jonathan-stallings\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mensaje del obispo Graves | 2 de marzo de 2026 - TWKUMC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026 - TWKUMC","og_description":"Dear friends, As headlines report expanding military action in Iran and rising instability across the region, many of us feel the weight of this moment. War weighs on us whether […]","og_url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/","og_site_name":"TWKUMC","article_published_time":"2026-03-02T21:24:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-30T19:48:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jonathan Stallings","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Jonathan Stallings","Tiempo de lectura":"3 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Jonathan Stallings","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b57a05129a4185cc675bd5c03e2c29b3"},"headline":"A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026","datePublished":"2026-03-02T21:24:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T19:48:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/"},"wordCount":406,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Bishop Communications","feature"],"articleSection":["Bishop"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/","name":"Mensaje del obispo Graves | 2 de marzo de 2026 - TWKUMC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-02T21:24:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T19:48:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-06-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/bishop\/a-message-from-bishop-graves-march-2-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Message from Bishop Graves | March 2, 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/","name":"TWKUMC","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#organization","name":"TWKUMC","url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TWK-Full_ColorBlack.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TWK-Full_ColorBlack.webp","width":2340,"height":478,"caption":"TWKUMC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b57a05129a4185cc675bd5c03e2c29b3","name":"Jonathan Stallings","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b3f2e0dfd83143f34c6c1d237137477e59ab07bb3ed69df6f0121bd7baab0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b3f2e0dfd83143f34c6c1d237137477e59ab07bb3ed69df6f0121bd7baab0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jonathan Stallings"},"url":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/author\/jonathan-stallings\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 18:10:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41749,"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41745\/revisions\/41749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bishop-Graves-Signature.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed.png\")
<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"