In this weeks Gospel reading, the disciples are out on a boat and Jesus, well, isnt. A storm kicks up, and the disciples are afraid, and Jesus comes walking out…
We all have times in our lives when we need someone’s presence. Maybe we’re lost, or afraid, maybe we’re feeling broken, and we just can’t see a way forward. We…
In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus points out the way the Pharisees and the religious authorities can’t decide what they want in their prophets. While sometimes we see this as an…
An author once wrote that home is the place that, when you go there, they have to take you in. While that may be true, it sets a pretty low…
God is calling all of us. Will you answer?
God: Parent, Son, and Holy Spirit. Three-in-one.The Trinity.We say that like it makes sense. Like it’s easy to explain. Obvious, even. And maybe we think that if we say it…
Pentecost, the birthday of the church. The day when the Holy Spirit visited the followers of Jesus with the touch of flame. As United Methodists, that flame, the flame of…
All the time and effort. All the fear, the pain, the suffering. All the times they had to go without, all the times they were confronted, threatened, by those who…
There's something undeniably frightening about being left alone. When someone you care for, or, even worse, someone who cares for and protects you leaves. And maybe you're not sure when,…