As we about wrap up what was once a traditional month of Graduations, let’s have a taste of this from Galatians 6:6 — Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous common life with those who have trained you, sharing all the good things…

With gratitude to Stan Mitchell —- This morning, I spent a few hours with three very sincere, very caring…and very nervous…pastors. The three are currently helping lead their respective congregations through an embattled process of discernment on the matter of LGBTQ+ affirmation/inclusion. A few minutes ago, one of them reached out to me and asked,…

May it not be one of the consequences of this, that so many of you are a generation of triflers; triflers with God, with one another, and with your own souls? For, how few of you spend, from one week to another, a single hour in private prayer! How few have any thought of God…

“It’s not our work for the Lord, but our walk with the Lord that’s most important.” —- Robert J. Morgan But But wait But wait —- aren’t we supposed to do all the good we can far as long as we can and all the rest of that John Wesley quote? Maybe it’s both being…

With gratitude to James Bell —- Many churches today unintentionally train people to approach Christianity like consumers. Find the church with the best music.Best kids ministry.Best coffee.Best preacher.Best atmosphere.Best experience. And once the experience no longer satisfies them, they move on to the next option. But the New Testament never speaks to believers as consumers…

With gratitude to United Methodist Bishop Ken Carter —- God of life and peace, Today we remember the faithfully departed veterans who loved the cause of freedom and sacrificed their lives for this purpose; through Jesus Christ our risen Savior, may they know the peace and joy of your eternal kingdom. We pray for families who have lost…

“Our children won’t know all the storms we weathered, only that the roof never leaked.” May it be so. And now that you and I look back a bit and understand a little more… …and, yeah, does 2nd Timothy 1:5 apply to more than one person in your life? It sure does in mine.

With gratitude to Rev. Corey Ashely and the Wellspring United Methodist Church of Oswego, IL — On this Memorial Day, let us remember those who lost their lives to war along with the many who are no longer with us that served and loved others well. Below is a Memorial prayer that can be used…

“A problem with too many churches is this: people spend more time comparing gifts than cultivating them.” —- Rev. Dr. Jerome Weaver, Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati, Ohio) United Methodist Church, Pentecost Sunday 2026

EXCERPT: “I was literally saying, Joe, you’re in Colorado, you’re off work, you’re in the middle of a forest, stop thinking about work,” the Washington-based tech worker recalls. By hour 36, in the quiet of his sleeping bag under the moon, he gave in. Soon he was sketching PowerPoint presentations in his journal, filling 20 pages…