Welcome to 2020! I pray our vision matches the new year. We need to see clearly that God is working in the world, in this church family and in all our lives. We need clarity to understand the will of God moving into a new decade. I pray for our keen eyesight most especially the eyes of our heart...
JOURNEY TO GENEROSITY Our entire life is a journey. It’s a journey from babyhood to adolescence to adulthood and beyond. For the follower of Jesus Christ, we say it is a journey from life here and now to life there and then. Journeys are not necessarily easy, but they can be rewarding...
We talk about God’s wisdom, which has been hidden as a secret. God determined this wisdom in advance, before time began, for our glory. 1 Corinthians 2:7
Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. — Matthew 18:5 (CEB) As I am writing this, Tanya and I are coming up on celebrating our one-hundredth day as parents. When we started imagining our journey as foster parents, neither of us imagined how much the many people in our...
The fall season is an exciting time in the church! With summer ending, and a new school year starting, it is a time in the church when more people are regularly in worship, bible studies and small groups reconvene, and new life is breathed into our church. It is also an incredibly accessible...
Have you ever ridden on a ferry? One summer I rode on two. One was the ferry that provided transport for you and your car to Washington Island, WI where I attended a preaching conference. The other was a pedestrian ferry that took you to Mackinac Island, MI. There are no automobiles...
Early in the morning, well before sunrise, Jesus rose and went to a deserted place where he could be alone in prayer. -Mark 1:35Jesus is consistently portrayed in the gospels as having a balance ofengagement with God’s mission and time set apart to communionwith God. This balance...
June is upon us. June...the thermometer threatens the three-digit level. June...summer schedules for families begin with a bit more flexibility….annual conference for people called United Methodists. Annual conference is a gathering of delegates from each church in the Rio Texas...
I’m reflecting back 12 years ago. Makayla Grace Johnson was born at 2 a.m. on April 17 twelve years ago. Makayla is granddaughter number one, grandchild number two. She looked much like her mother, Stefani, when she was she was a baby. Emotions washed over me as I held six...
Inside/Out Weekend is coming up on April 6-7. This is a wonderful way to be the church out in the world. God’s nature is often described as love. Another word that could be used to describe God’s nature is sent. God is one who sent Jesus Christ into the world. Jesus sent his...