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A Parent's Prayer
In my message last weekend, I used a prayer that a parent might offer. Several people have asked for a copy of it, so, still in the afterglow of Mother’s Day and with Father’s Day ahead ... Read More »
Parking
Pastor Chris Morgan has a Bible study each Thursday morning, and as they begin they have a time of prayer and take prayer concerns. On the Thursday after Easter, as they were sharing prayer concerns, someone said, “Could we pray for parking? Could we pray for the parking situation here at ... Read More »
Youth Sunday
While we were away on vacation a couple of weeks ago, we were in Williamsburg, Virginia, and went that Sunday morning to the local United Methodist Church. It was a sizeable church, not quite as large as Christ Church, with a lot of meaningful activities going on. We missed Youth Sunday here at ... Read More »
Poverty
A story about a United Methodist minister in Texas really caught my attention recently. Lorenza Andrade-Smith is her name and she is no ordinary Methodist pastor. For the past two years, she has been appointed by her Bishop to minister to the homeless in El Paso. Her Bishop, she said, ... Read More »
The Freedom God Wants for You
Last week, Pastor Chris spoke about praying and reading the Bible as two of our challenges. I would like to continue with the next two challenges: Getting our hands dirty and sacrificing for a specific cause. Both challenge us on many levels. We see many in our congregation and ... Read More »
Choices
All year we are challenging ourselves in five areas of focus, today I want to focus on two of the challenges, prayer and Bible reading. Your life is the sum of the responses you have made toward God. Once God makes Himself known to you, what you do next is your decision. Your reaction reflects ... Read More »
The Presence of God
I am not usually one to have spooky experiences, nor to tell others about my spooky experiences when I do have them. But something happened the other day that I want to share. It was just this past Sunday, Easter, and I was nervous about my sermon. I’m always a little nervous, but I ... Read More »
Holy Week
As I find myself in the middle of Holy Week, and thinking about what this week means to me, I remembered a lunch I had with someone not long ago. We were getting together to talk about church things. When the food arrived, he offered to say a word of grace. And what was so memorable about his ... Read More »
The Third Largest "Religion"
A new report on global religious identity, released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, shows that while Christians and Muslims make up the two largest groups, those with no religious affiliation –including atheists and agnostics – are now the third-largest ... Read More »
Smile
I’ve read two articles in the last couple of weeks about smiling. Apparently, there is a lot of research going on. Studies are finding that wearing a smile brings certain benefits, like slowing down the heart and reducing stress. “You can influence mental health by what you do with ... Read More »
Comfort Zone
A few years ago, at a former church, when Brenda and I were helping with the youth group, as the youth were arriving one evening, there was a man loitering around in the church parking lot. His clothes were kind of ragged, and his face and hands were dirty. He appeared to be among the homeless of ... Read More »
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