Friction: positive or negative? If I posed that question in a small group, I can imagine a variety of responses. It’s friction that keeps our tires on the road in…
“Itinerate” is not a word I hear very often outside of Methodist circles, but it’s an important word in our tradition. One of John Wesley’s rules for his clergy was…
Last week after worship, fourteen volunteers ripped out the original sanctuary carpet, which served us well for 60 years, to get ready for the new carpet. It’s strange being in…
“Never criticize a person until you’ve walked a mile in their moccasins.” Have you ever heard that proverb? It’s not in the Bible, although it sounds a lot like some…
Our key verse for today may seem a little obscure. “But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd.” (Acts 2:14a) On that surface, that might…
If you like a Sunday where there’s more than one thing going on, today is your kind of day! It’s Ascension Sunday, when we remember how after the resurrection, Jesus…
Matthew 6:24-34 The Message translation 24 “You can’t worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you’ll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other.…
My husband Phil and I went to Florida after Easter for vacation, and one of our stops was Everglades National Park. We have enjoyed many ranger presentations at national parks…
I did something this week I’ve been meaning to do for a while: I made toilet tank filler bottles so every time we flush one of the parsonage toilets, we…
August 6th…98 days from today…Saturday, August 6th…maybe about 5pm….I can feel it, I can see it, I can smell it now…August 6th, the beginning of my week-long beach vacation! The…