Margie Woods is the founder of Language of The Soul Studio and languageofthesoulart.com, and recently wrote and shared this — I believe that there is so much power in learning how to spend time with ourselves. The more time we…

Be you. Belong. Be loved, That’s part of an invitation to youth grades 6 through 12 from the Rantoul (IL) First United Methodist Church. Adults, are we listening?

I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt —Kris Kristofferson wrote that, and obviously I have no legal rights to the song. But if you’ve been there…you don’t have to stay.

Alan Jackson’s song asked a question we all wanted or tried or needed to answer, or maybe we tried to ignore it, after September 11, 2001: “Where were you when the world stopped turning?” Good friend IRL Ken Ballard has…

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear,No one comes near. All the lonely people,Where do they all come from?All the lonely people,Where do they all belong? * Obviously, I do not have the rights…

From online friend and United Methodist colleague Sara Wastella —- Every year on September 11th, I remember what a horrible day it was in 2001. I don’t remember it because of the news coverage. I remember it because it was…

Redeemer God, tear down all human divisions,, for we each belong to you. Instill your gospel in our lives with the healing and justice that you done can perfect. Amen. —Disciplines 2026, p. 22

“Stupid is a four-letter word.” — on one of Andy Spade’s favorite t-shirts

God, call out to us in the fierceness and fray of our lives. We thank you for the miracle of life, of mice and mountains. Grant that the feebleness of our hearts be perfected in the fullness of your mercies.…

Help us to praise you, O God, in good times and hard times. Fill our hearts with songs of praise! ––Disciplines 2026, p.17