On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter — Psalm 100:1, The Message version   What gift will you bring to worship this weekend? It’s too easy to bring a compliant. Bring a gift of laughter interrupts our self-centered judgmental whining.  On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter is how Psalm 100 calls…

On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter — Psalm 100:1, The Message version What gift will you bring to worship this weekend? It’s too easy to bring a complaint. Bring a gift of laughter interrupts our self-centered judgmental whining. What gift will you bring to worship this weekend?

“Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is your life. There is no other way; else you will be a trifler all of your days.” — John Wesley “Give us this day,” starts a line in that model prayer Jesus gives us in Matthew 6. “Give us this day our daily bread,”…

“Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is your life. There is no other way; else you will be a trifler all of your days.” — John Wesley Read and pray. Okay, Mr. Wesley, I get it. “Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything,” St. Paul told some friends. (Philippians 4:6)…

“Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is your life. There is no other way; else you will be a trifler all of your days.” — John Wesley And it’s such a simple little word. And it connects stuff. And it puts everything together. And we’ve only just begun if all…

John Wesley wrote it — “Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is your life. There is no other way; else you will be a trifler all of your days.” —“Read.” Soooo, besides this, what are you reading? That is, with what are you feeding your mind and soul? And in…

As a new work week begins, here’s advice from a friend named John — “Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is your life. There is no other way; else you will be a trifler all of your days.” John Wesley, credited with The United Methodist Church, wrote that. Those first…

On your feet now—applaud God! — Psalm 100:1, The Message version Where and with whom and how will you do that today?    When our church gathers this weekend, we’re celebrating Christmas in July. Where and with whom and how will you be on your feet to applaud God today?

With gratitude to Charlene for this —  

It happened this past Sunday. I stood there while everyone stared at me. We were at the end of the worship service, and it was time for me to do our Announcements. The only one to be highlighted was our 7 Week Wednesday Bible Study but I’d blanked out. My mind, my heart, and obviously…