Christ in the World “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” – John 14:27 I was on a business trip in Atlanta, riding the Red-RedRead More →
Random (And Some Not So Random) Acts of Kindness When you use or hear the words “kind” or “kindness”, what kind of picture is conjured up in your mind’s eye? Do you think of a kindly little old grandmother, giving freshly baked cookies to the neighbor children? Or perhaps aRead More →
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” (My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me? – Matthew 27:46) Last Sunday, Eric and Marcy sang a few verses from the wonderful gospel hymn “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” by Fanny Crosby. While this hymn is found in several United Methodist hymnals, itRead More →
Home Is Where the Heart Is It’s only the end of July, and there seems to be that sense that summer is on its way to ending. For many of us, a trip “back home” is part of our summer travels, and the people and places we spend time withRead More →
The Lord is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want The worship theme for this week includes references to an occupation and a way of life about which most of us know virtually nothing. It’s sometimes referred to as “Good Shepherd Sunday,” as the lessons and music refer to the peopleRead More →
It’s All in the Family” But Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I willRead More →
“Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” – John 8:31-32 It’s July in America, and for a week or more on eachRead More →
Equality or Equity Pastor Roberta Pierce shared a cartoon in a Facebook post back in March that really caught my attention. The cartoon is actually a pair of drawings showing three children trying to watch a baseball game from just beyond the outfield picket fence. In the first image, eachRead More →
How Does Your Garden Grow?” “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, theRead More →
ACME Solutions One of my favorite cartoons featured two polar opposite characters locked in a never-ending desert conflict for survival. Of course I am referring to the free-spirited Road Runner and its counterpart Wile E. Coyote. Every scene pitted the seemingly clueless bird against some diabolically complex plan hatched byRead More →