Seeking to Faithfully Follow Jesus Each Day
If you know me or have just seen a picture of me online you would know I am pretty fair-skinned. For me, if I am going to be out in the sun for even an hour and the UV index is 5 or above I need to put on some sunscreen. Most of the time…
My church is going to be hosting a church workshop with the United Methodist Fresh Expressions group on Saturday, August 19th, where we will spend the day learning how our culture has shifted, what that means for us and the community around us, and how we are being called to think in new ways to…
As most of you know I serve as clergy in the United Methodist Church. If you are familiar with the UMC you have probably heard of the 3 Wesleyan Rules that we try to follow which is, “Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay in Love with God”. The rule I want to speak on…
© virtosmedia, 123RF Free Images How we read the scriptures matters. I shared this earlier today on TikTok but also wanted to bring this thought forward on my blog. Today we kicked off a new Bible study where we are studying the book of Genesis using a book by Peter Enns and Jared Byas called,…
I read a Twitter thread today from former pastor Eugene Kim that really struck me on the various reasons of why people get into pastoral ministry. I will begin by saying I acknowledge there are more reasons than he was able to list but I believe he hits on some key points. Here is what…
The phrase “That’s just the way it is” is used in many different contexts from workplaces, to families, to finances, to politics, and even to churches. Often when this phase is used it tends to be in situations where people feel their hands are tied, that the way things are done is just out of…
It has been quite a long time since I have had a yard that included a fruit tree. At our new home in Auburn, we actually have a fig tree. To be honest with you I did not know much about figs before moving in, when I thought about figs the first thing that came…
For many years I can remember hearing people say, “The three things you should never talk about is Sex, Politics, and Religion”. However, from what I have seen over the last couple of decades I think this has caused more harm than good. Let me explain further, first, I believe it teaches our children that…
One thing that I enjoyed growing up is roller coasters…which is odd because I am kind of fearful of being on high unstable heights such as being on the roof of a house or a tall ladder. Yet, I think the reality of being locked in and seeing others go on the ride before me…
This morning I read a tweet that stood out to me from former NFL player and now pastor Dr. Derwin L. Gray who said, “People will leave a church over politics before they will politics for a church. 1.5 hours on Sunday vs. 20 hours a week feeding on cable news and its political partisans…