Dear Friends, We look to have a moment in time where the United Methodist Church will say good-bye to valued colleagues and congregations who align themselves as “traditionalists”, as we cannot seem to agree on how to go forward...
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After reading his daughter’s book and pondering the experiences that she had described in it, author Carl Rogers was quoted as saying that the book confirmed for him a truth he had already known, that what is most personal, is most universal too...
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John 1:1-13 New English Translation (NET Bible) The Prologue to the Gospel 1 In the beginning[a] was the Word, and the Word was with God,[b] and the Word was fully God.[c] 2 The Word[d] was with God in the...
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Luke 1:46-55 New International Version (NIV) Mary’s Song 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of...
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Last Christmas I went and bought our church’s staff and choir members my favorite chocolates from Belgium. I also bought a package of Merci for Doug and I to share with others during special holiday times Week by week, as time went...
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In February of this year, many of us in the church cried to see not only a literal interpretation of the Bible be taken so far as to discriminate against the LGBTQ community of faithful Christians, but show anger, disrespect, and lack of...
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As the rain poured down this last Thursday, I feel as if my spirit was the same way. Luckily, I am old enough to have had seasons of life, whether they be for a day or what seems like an eternity of months, to know that this too will...
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Division and Hatred—-Not Tools of a Christian I have been asked a lot these last weeks and months as to where I stand on everything you could possibly name, but especially on the homosexuality issue; as it comes to the vote we had as the...
Read moreExplain the role and the significance of the sacraments in the Methodist Tradition: I, as a United Methodist, recognize as biblically-based the two sacraments of communion (also referred to as the Eucharist) and baptism. They are called...
Read moreWhat is your understanding of the Kingdom of God and of eternal life? To many people the Kingdom of God is simply a way to speak of “heaven” and what they expect in the coming...
Read moreTrue Leadership Comes with Humility and Following God First. Jesus’ way of leading us was to first and foremost to serve us, as God’s children and creation. He was the original “serve first and serve humbly” leader. As South...
Read moreHello Everyone. I was asked by several people to share my manuscript from last Sunday, so I do so…with you reading it, knowing that it is usually only for my use, my thought and speech pattern, etc….NOT grammatically correct. NOT...
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