Today’s message at Lynn Haven UMC was on “becoming”, following two previous weeks’ messages on “belonging” and “believing”. Pastor Craig Carter referenced Hebrews 9:28, “so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for...
Fruit of the Spirit as Landmarks in our Spiritual Journey……. I had wanted the stairs at Titus 2’s residential recovery program stenciled with the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23 since the home was purchased in November 2014. Finally, in 2019 as we were...
Bill Byrd, who passed from this physical life into his true life in eternity with the Lord on August 6, 2020, was raised in Dearborn, MI, an only child, an only grandchild, and an only nephew among his immediate family. He did have a number of Byrd family aunts,...
My husband died last Thursday. Today a friend acquainted with unhealthy ways of NOT dealing with one’s grief, visited me and admonished me not to stuff my emotions, to take the time to grieve well, to not rush back into the busy-ness of my previous routine too...
I read a social media post on looking to the church for moral leadership instead of political leaders Even looking to some churches, or to the views of the universal church “majority” for moral leadership can be problematic at certain times in history. A...
(4/16/19$ “There are three types of people in this world I once was told by a very wise man. Sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs Sheep don’t believe there is any evil or Satan in this world. Wolves prey on the naive sheep. Sheepdogs see the wolves for who they are and...
The title of this post sounds a bit “Yoda-ish”, I know. But, just as Yoda brought sound wisdom in attention-getting ways to generations over the last 50 years, so the Words of Scripture have brought wisdom to generations for millennia. I have had a hard...
I’ve been pondering Jesus’ interactions with people…. What occurs to me is the diversity of the people with whom He interacted. But not only that, except for His regular criticism of the hypocrisy of religious elites overall, Jesus dealt with individuals as...
Bill and I awake early and watch or listen to Dr David Jeremiah together first thing most mornings before we begin our separate morning routines. Then he’ll get his iPad and take a look at some news sites. I have asked him several mornings recently, “Do we still have...
December 27, 2018 WJHG had a reminder in morning news about the fire hazard of drying Christmas trees. What about the fire risk of fallen dead trees on the roadsides and on every vacant lot in the area. Hope the FD is ready for fires that threaten neighborhoods like...
