After a Facebook post I wrote about a clergy person who objected to the Saturday Community Breakfast, held at First United Methodist Church of Panama City, at which The Bay County Islamic Society cooked breakfast and an inter-cultural prayer was offered by someone...
I wrote the following post shortly after receiving notice of my discontinuing from provisional deacons status in March of 2017. I had failed to preserve it except in a Facebook post. When I came across it today, I decided to preserve it here on my own blog so that I...
John Lomperis, in his Juicy Ecumenism article on Karen Oliveto’s heretical view of Jesus actually included a copy of the text of her message to her Conference. Take a look at how she draws her conclusions about Jesus....
I am so very much enjoying a study by Jessica Lagrone entitled “Set Apart: Holy Habits of Prophets and Kings.” She is a gifted teacher and Dean at Asbury Theological Seminary’s Chapel. Our first session on Solomon opened up new thinking on...
10-7-2017 Reflection on Solomon and wisdom: (as part of a study of Set Apart: Holy Habits of Prophets and Kings by Jessica Lagrone) If you seek wisdom, here are some thoughts from a study that I and other women are currently devouring! Jessica Lagrone , in writing...
I was in a conversation with a family member of a woman in her late 30’s who is seeking recovery for the first time. This person observed that the woman has gone through a series of bad relationships. It has been a pattern for her since her teen years. It is sad...
Sermon for Carillon – October 8, 2017 The Good Shepherd Hear the words of the Lord in John 10:11-18. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the...
I have been to court a number of times for a variety of reasons….to receive court ordered clients into recovery, to testify regarding someone’s progress in or completion of a program or court supervised case plan or probation, for a custody or parental...
Message October 1, 2017 Carillon Beach Community Chapel “Water from the Rock” Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 17 Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, and...
“Audre Lorde description: “Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then it can be useful, since it is then no longer guilt but the beginning of knowledge. Yet all too often, guilt is just...
