In the Pope’s General Address in St. Peter’s Square yesterday, (This post was originally written 6/26/2014) he pointed out the necessity of connection with church…..”We have seen that God gathered a people to himself in the Old Testament and in...
I have an ongoing project on Christian growth that examines parallels between our growth with what Luke 2:52 says about Jesus’ growth…..one of the pitfalls of discipling others and evangelism as “church” Christians is that people expect us to...
What is the difference between potential energy and energy? The difference between capacity and power? When Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” they had the capacity, the potential restored to them permanently that they had...
I attempted to listen to today’s emailed SDT with the emailed version. The title on diversity and the text do not match the “listen” link’s content. The listen link is a repeat of yesterday’s SDT….. I went to the SDT website and...
From June 4,2017 How appropriate that I should find myself being discontinued from Provisional Deacon status, ending my 9- year pursuit of ordained ministry, on Pentecost Sunday by the Alabama West Florida Conference tonight on recommendation of the Board of Ministry...
This morning as I contemplated my prayer life, I realized that 2 decades-long-standing matters of prayer for me have been the cause of pro-life and renewal in The UMC … Both of those prayer matters have broadened and matured into larger prayer foci for me. This...
