When a Christian talks about sin, one can sometimes see the eyes of people glaze over…..It is not a topic that endears one to others. However, recently our Titus 2 ladies began a study of “40 Days of Love”, The Relationship Principles of Jesus, with...
Praying tonight for a friend and for her friend with whom she has been praying and journeying through a difficult time this past week. Everyone needs the kind of friend who can and will drop everything to be there when her friend needs her, and whose family and...
Listening, hearing the hurt, knowing the truth of another’s loneliness and fear……and being able to persuade her that there is help, that you know Him, and will go with her to meet Him…or sit with her and cry, too, while you both wait for Him to...
I have observed again and again the relationship between pain and poverty of spirit (Matthew 5:3) and coming into the Kingdom of God. It’s alluded to in all of the Gospels and the other writings of the Apostles, like James, Peter, and Paul. Also, the metaphors...
For those who do not know me, I had been a candidate in The UMC for deacon’s ordination in service ministry with the homeless and addicted individuals since 2008 until Annual Conference in June of this year. The first six years of that journey were joyful...
It is the time of year when many churches set their budgets for the following year and conduct their stewardship campaigns. Among Methodist friends I am hearing more and more people (of the ones who have chosen to remain in a local UMC congregations) expressing their...
Catherine de Hueck Doherty: With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing, because listening to your brothers or sisters until they have said the last words in their hearts is healing and consoling. Someone has said that it is possible “to listen a...
Today with the Titus 2 ladies we did a lesson on Isaiah 1:18-19…..God’s call to reason. This is not an invitation to argue or debate with God about God’s priorities. I hear it more like God saying, “You stiff-necked, stubborn,...
Some days you’re flying and some days you’re landing in the net…… Some days I fail miserably with Patience. Yesterday it was comical how strenuously God tested my Patience quotient. As exhausting and time consuming as it was, I managed to...
I love the imagery of being “In The Hands of God”. Last night I heard that song as I was driving home from Bethlehem Family Camp in Bonifay, FL., and this morning I was reminded of this post when it popped up on my FB. Thanks for the laugh this morning, ...
