{"id":9385,"date":"2022-11-18T16:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/?p=9385"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:23:46","slug":"staying-in-the-umc-melisa-derseweh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twkumc.org\/es\/news\/staying-in-the-umc-melisa-derseweh\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanecer en la UMC | Melisa Derseweh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despu\u00e9s de descubrir la tremenda, implacable y convincente gracia de Jesucristo hace unos treinta a\u00f1os a trav\u00e9s de la UMC, \u00a1s\u00e9 que la gracia no tiene l\u00edmites! \u00a1Gracias a Dios!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, conozco nuestra triste historia en la que la gente eligi\u00f3 no ser inclusiva, no amar radicalmente, y se separaron y se convirtieron en la Iglesia Metodista del Sur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me entristece que algunos hermanos decidan abandonarnos ahora. \u00bfY no es lo mismo? O creemos en este Dios radical y amoroso que nos llama a la inclusi\u00f3n y a la diversidad - - - o no creemos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En esta conversaci\u00f3n no se trata de que alguien tenga raz\u00f3n y otro est\u00e9 equivocado. Esta conversaci\u00f3n no es sobre la propiedad (no hay necesidad de discutir la propiedad hasta que decidas divorciarte, \u00bfverdad?). Esta conversaci\u00f3n es una cuesti\u00f3n fundamental de lo que creemos sobre el amor de Dios y el Dios del Amor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No conozco a otro Dios que a este Dios radicalmente amoroso que me ama tal como soy, y me sostiene para que llegue a ser m\u00e1s plenamente quien he sido creado para ser, y exige de m\u00ed un amor por los dem\u00e1s que exprese gracia sobre gracia sobre gracia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entr\u00e9 a formar parte de la UMC por esta teolog\u00eda de la gracia. Me quedo porque nuestra Mesa abierta, nuestra gracia sobre gracia, es la expresi\u00f3n terrenal m\u00e1s cercana que he encontrado de la llamada de Jes\u00fas a amar en comunidad.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After discovering the tremendous, relentless, compelling grace of Jesus Christ about thirty years ago through the vehicle of The UMC I know that grace is without bounds! 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