Whether or not Pope Francis actually wrote this in the hospital… wow —- “The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches… They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports…It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.A privileged doctor saving the life of…

From the one and only Tony Campolo —- In our prayers, our hearts should be broken by the things that break the heart of God. That includes the suffering of the poor in developing countries; the degrading of the natural environment; the victims of racism, sexism, homophobia, militarism, Islamophobia, as well as those who lack…

Here’s to actually being able to have time to catch up and get settled in again and catch your breath and regroup and review and remember what and who and Whom you’ve forgotten and wait yeah we’ve just stepped into that whole Sabbath thing.  Drink deep!

With gratitude to our Commission on Aarchives and History of the United Methodist Church —- International Dog Day is a date (Aug. 26) that even John Wesley would have celebrated! History tells us that the Wesley family owned a large Mastiff named Jack. We meet Jack in the following tale. The story goes that the…

COPIED —- I’ve more time behind me and less time ahead of me. I have to be more deliberate about how I spend my time and energy. As much as I love my books and what they do for me and where they take me, I am made for so much more than what any…

EXCERPT:In 1973 my days and nights took a rather vivid detour as I traveled on a start-to-finish tour with the Alice Cooper group. Michael Bruce, a terrific guitarist for the band, introduced me to a shoebox-size amplifier—the brand was Pignose—he carried with him so he could play in his hotel rooms. The portable Pignose was far…

Saw this sticker on a car in a church parking lot recently — APATHY IS NOT AN OPTION — Compare and contrast Revelation 3:16, “Because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I will spit you out.”  And with Hebrews 6:11, 12, “We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so…

Jessep Magoon says, “Trust in God’s plan, but take responsibility for your choices. Don’t expect your life to change by just praying and not doing something different.” I’ll bet you and I come back to this.

A line from somebody someplace that I wrote down quite a while ago — “If you have no desire to be with the saints down here, you have little hope of being with the saints up there.” — What say you? RSVP, any of our usual ways these days.