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The All Saints Day service is a powerful worship experience, offering healing to the congregation and to each individual as we honor and remember those who have died, and celebrate the hope of Christ‘s salvation. All Saints Day is not new but has deep roots in our Christian heritage. I read more »

Jesus looks to the faith of little children or faith that is like a child on which to build the kingdom of God. Matthew 18:3-4 – He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will read more »

Jesus gathered up his disciples. They were anything but alike. Even the fishermen had differences that come out in the Gospels. But these are the people Jesus chose to be his family. Different, even antagonistic toward one another. Yet they were a functioning dysfunctional family, held together by their love read more »

Friends and Family Sunday, a celebration of life together with God. The relationship of people sharing sacred times together as well as everyday life is often referred to metaphorically as a church family. Think of this as you read through the Bible and you will begin to see that God read more »

Does forgiveness, as in forgiving one another, have anything to do with faith? Jesus tells the disciples they must forgive. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells the disciples: “And if the same person sins against you seven times a day and turns back to you seven times and says, read more »

In the Gospel of Mark 9: 38-40, we read about a man performing exorcisms in Jesus’s name, but he’s not one of Jesus’s regular traveling companions known as the Disciples, who will later become Apostles. The inner circle, their group. The Apostle John tries to stop the man because he read more »

In spite of our best intentions, our Christian witness can leave a little bit to be desired. Sometimes I wonder if we do more harm than good. But then again, God knows us and is still willing to work through us. I think the greatest harm is done when we read more »

I have been in Christian ministry as a pastor for over 20 years in the United Methodist Church. I cannot imagine any other place I would rather serve God than in the churches of our U.M.C. It has been and continues to be one of the great joys of my read more »

Who do you love? It’s a question that appears in song lyrics, poems, and likely many a couple’s quarrels. It can be frivolous or meaningful, or in one case, a most profound question. Jesus was kind of funny about making disciples. Whenever the crowd of followers got big, he’d say read more »

They say it is going to rain! What a joy it would be to see and feel the refreshment of good solid rain to quench our dry earth and souls. Of course, too much in too short of a time can produce flash floods and destruction. In nature and in read more »