from October 27, 2017- posts about UMC 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 local...
I had written about my experience of having God direct my attention to a beautiful fresh plowed field and hearing Him say, “This is you!” Plowed Fields Many of us have been journeying in an online FB community foreign g a devotional by JD Walt of...
“Functional religion is the essence of idolatry whereby people try to get God in their debt. Not only is this false religion but it generates all manner of false gods leading to the flourishing of hypocrisy and the harming of people. “. JD Walt, Wake-Up...
When the Light comes…. Years ago I read a book by Terry Kay, The Year The Lights Came On. It was about the WPA electrification of the rural south and the impact that year of many changes had on young boy’s life. Some years, some events, some seasons have...
It is interesting how often the topic of patience comes up in life… In 2002, Emmaus community friends of ours with whom Bill and I each shared respective reunion group participation gave us a 1966 book entitled “Living Patiently: A Devotional Study of the...
from 10/21/2012….. Sunday mornings are my favorite time of the week. For me singing is worship. I love being in choir. I think God must have had me in mind when He decided Heaven would have a choir! I want to sing in the tenor, alto, and soprano sections...
From 10/21/2015: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” C. S. Lewis Yesiree, now isn’t that the truth? Sometimes an experience challenges the philosophy one has, based on prior experience, so...
From 10/21/2017: When Hurricane Michael ripped a hole in the upstairs west side wall our classroom library at Titus 2, we lost some of our books. Some have been replaced. Others were shared with folks who lost everything in their homes. As we continue our...
In the days, weeks, and months after H. Michael most everyone had one or more, some had many, flat tires from nails and other construction debris all over the roads. This incident happened on the 8th day after the storm near my house. “A little lady, a widow,...
Let Me Say That Again By Dr. Maxie Dunnam Most ministers have a preaching style with practices that are common in their delivery of the sermon. Somewhere along the way in my preaching, I developed a practice of emphasis and repetition using the recurring phrase, “Let...
