“Things end to begin again.” — Taniya “This is a day of new beginnings.” — Brian Wren, The United Methodist Hymnal, p.383 In the beginning, God.— Genesis 1:1 “Behold, I make all things new.” — Christ Jesus, Revelation 21:5 Including…

Conni Cash, and you’ve probably heard me refer to her as THE CONNI, was Office Manager Extrordaniare of Centenary United Methodist Church (Effingham, IL) when I was appointed there. She was and is amazing. She says of the following, “A…

HEY, EVERYBODY! IT’S JANET HARGIS! And with those words, a profound friendship was formed. Here’s advice from her earlier today that I guarantee you will wish you had followed if you don’t —- This is your reminder to record your…

From an article in The Wall St. Journal, 8.16.23 — Trillian from Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — “We have normality. “I repeat, we have normality. “Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.” — and…

Sky McCracken is one of those people of whom I wonder, “Why haven’t our paths ever crossed in real life?!” He recently wrote what follows, and it’s with his graciously expressed permission that I share it with you here —…

Ken Carter, a United Methodist colleague, online friend, and holder of many degrees and titles, wrote and shared this paragraph earlier today. I’m looking forward to your response — A small but loud sliver of the blogosphere is repetitive in…

Jon Gordon wrote this. It’s simply too good not to share with you —- Love is The Difference When Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Football team won the national championship in 2016, he said that his One Word all year was Love…

Elisabeth Elliot wrote —- “There comes a time – many times, actually – in the lives of our children where we have to put the basket in the water. We have to let go and trust the plan of the…

“He who began a good work in you,” an old friend wrote, “will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Yup, that’s about you. And it’s about what God in Christ Jesus has done. And it’s…

Dr. John Delony regularly offers massive amounts of solid advice. Let’s spend some quality time with him and his thoughts on Anxiety, which is so prevalent — Anxiety is real. It’s powerful. Anxiety affects millions and millions of adults, teens and children…