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 »
Tracie and I are going on a quest. We will be in search of rain and cooler temperatures. We have done this before and it has never failed that when we are away, home gets a cool front, sometimes with rain! Of course, upon our return, the temps go back read more »
In Christ, humanity has been given a drink, a glass of pure water, which is the living water of God in Christ. This glass of pure living water is the same which Jesus offered the Samaritan woman at the well in the Gospel of John. In her story, she and read more »
Do you remember the stories from the ancient days of the Great Colossus? It was a statue of the Greek sun god, about the size of the Statue of Liberty, and it straddled the entrance into the harbor of a Greek city port. To enter the port, ships had to read more »
Happy 4th of July weekend! I pray this will be a safe and joy-filled one. As a birthday celebration for our nation, I am reminded of how fortunate it is to be celebrating at this time. We could be, as others in our past, attempting to celebrate in a time read more »
Hope and a Future: A Bridge Over Dark Waters In those dark days, I cried out, didn’t think I could survive, exist or be anything but numb. I reached out for the hand of God — the hand of salvation from generations past, from my past, my hope, and my read more »
