It’s been a while since I posted on mental health issues. I find that many people in my church and among my acquaintances, knowing of my experience with depression and of my having led a depression impact group for six and a half years, refer people who are...
After what has been essentially a decade long journey, a good friend of mine finally received official notification yesterday that she will be ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church at our annual conference in June. She’s been a minister now for...
Yesterday I attended a wedding at First United Methodist Church in Clayton, AL, where my family attended when I was a fourth grader. It was strange being there after many years away. I remembered the stained glass windows. I think they are more beautiful now, however,...
One recurring theme that I find myself teaching the women at Titus 2 is the Great Commandment – Matthew 22:36-39- “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law? And He said to him, ” ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your...
It was one of “those” weeks…..a trial presenting itself from every direction I turned. It started last Sunday when, after 3 weeks of seeking a facilitator for Purpose Driven Life classes, I finally resigned myself to teaching the Sunday session and...
In the last two weeks I’ve noticed the signs of the season…..several blooming trees in my own and my neighbors’ yards, the emerging green on brown branches, the red maples’ firey early explosion, bulbs rising out of flower beds, and robins all...
A week ago I wrote about Babbie Mason’s song “Trust His Heart” in a post entitled “His hands, my hands. This weekend our church held it’s 14th annual Hope for the Heart weekend for women and Babbie Mason and her songwriter friend, Donna...
Tonight a young woman who works the night shift at the local mission told me she had seen a gentleman who is a member at the church I attend at the mission at 6:00am on a weekend morning helping some homeless men with an enterprise that he and another man have...
Lamentations 3:41a – Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven.Hands have been of particular interest to me since the time that the Lord really got my attention and I rededicated my life to him in 1992. About that same time a song by Babbie Mason...
Today has been a wonderful day…..my 55th birthday! Before 7:00a.m. I had already received 5 phone calls with birthday wishes. There were a half dozen cards, numerous posts on my Facebook wall, and several impromptu renditions of “Happy Birthday to...
