October 14, 2026 Let Love Lead—and Vote “You shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord” — Leviticus 19:18b Early voting in Iowa opens on October 14. Early voting in Illinois opened on September 24. I encourage all United Methodists to vote. Voting is a…

“Behavior is a language.” —- John Delony Joe, that can’t be right. Uhm, check out Matthew 7:16-20. Apply, but don’t rinse too quickly.

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St. Jerome, Letter 22 (To Eustochium) — “If you pray, you speak to the Bridegroom; if you read, He speaks to you.”

With gratitude to friend and colleague Cindy Jones —- Claire-Marie was born on December 8, 1984. Shortly afterward, she was left behind at the hospital. Doctors had already told her biological mother that the baby would have Down syndrome, and…

PREFACE, kinda like yesterday — Two things first: 1. Yes, I know a Church is the people not the building. 2. Answer it yourself, for yours if you have/had one: Is yours an accessible church building? Have you answered that…

Son LJ4, on FaceTime this morning: “How’s Henry?” Me, hesitating: “Well, yeah, uhm, Henry’s still very much a puppy. And he has moments — days, really — when he does better than he does at other times, ya know?” LJ4,…

Traditionally, NIMBY = not in my back yard A new one to me recently, NIMBY = next it might be you Apply as necessary.

Two things first here: 1. Yes, I know a Church is the people not the building. 2. Answer it yourself, for yours if you have/had one: Is yours a beautiful church building? Have you answered that question. I’ll wait. Okay.…

Daniel McCoy wrote, #10 – God creates new things andthings new. He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:5) Even after creating everything, God has new things to create on the horizon. I believe…