Two days ago. It was a dark and wintry Saturday evening. I walked into the church building. It could  have been any church building, anywhere. But I walked into this one. Because it’s close to home. In fact, I live right door. Because I’m a pastor there. That’s when it happened. Many of us now…

Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life —even though invisible to spectators— is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you’ll show up, too —the real you, the glorious you. — St. Paul, Colossians 3:3,4 Today is…

Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life —even though invisible to spectators— is with Christ in God. — St. Paul, Colossians 3:3   He calls us to move in one direction. Continuing from where we were last weekend, St. Paul calls us forward. For many Christians in many churches,…

“If you are really thankful, what do you do? Share!” — W. Clement Stone ‘Nuff said, eh?

Give thanks to The Lord — 1st Chronicles 16:34 Colleague and friend and another-brother-by-different-parents Mark Amenda recently wrote this, and it’s with his permission that I share it with you this Thanksgiving Day — How many of you have that one or two relatives or friends, that when you gather on Thanksgiving, do nothing but…

In her sermon this past weekend, our Associate Pastor Jessica told about helping with a food pantry truck in Washington, D.C. while attending our United Methodist seminary there. One of the recipients has stuck with her for several years. As she was handing this homeless immigrant from China a peanut butter sandwich, a bowl of…

“Each day is an event,” the ad says. Wish it were an ad for a church.  Any church. (Last time I checked, we’re all on the same team. As our congregation’s parade presence said about a month ago, we’re part of “Team Jesus.”) “Each day is an event” is the current ad campaign for Brooks…

As we start what is for many a new work week, pick out one of these and put it in the pocket of your heart — God’s love for me never ends. God’s love for me will never wear out, run or give out. God’s faithfulness to me is more than I can imagine, and…

If you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. — St. Paul, Colossians 3:1 Was St. Paul a United Methodist? He’d sure make a good one. In our Bible verses for this weekend, he calls us to get busy, which sounds like a United Methodist Christian talking:  “If you’re serious about living this…

If you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. — St. Paul, Colossians 3:1 Scrolling back up from where we were last weekend here (Colossians 3:16), notice how that entire chapter starts. “If you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ,” the first verse of Colossians says. Whoa. There’s what…