You may not think of yourself as one, but I bet you are a theologian! If you have ever thought much about God, been curious about faith, or tried to understand the whole God thing — then you probably are a theologian.
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After college I became a member of the Lion’s Club in downtown McAllen where I was living. This club was one of “THE” clubs to belong to and was the well-known rival of the downtown Rotary Club.
Familiar music can stir memories of places and times long past. It can transport us to a place we fondly remember or a place we long to go. A tune can fill us with hope and with joy.
Signs of God at work are everywhere, once you learn to look for them. These are sometimes things that do not necessarily wow us. God is very often found in the ordinary, as well as in the extraordinary.
For someone hungry for a new life, an optimistic path forward can be impossible to imagine. So I wonder: how can we be Isaiah for a neighbor facing such roadblocks? How can we offer the gift of hope?
This week our Healthy Plate Discipleship focus is Serve. For most of us, our list of Serve activities probably looks fairly healthy! In DiscipleChurch, we will look at not only the volume of our serving but also the depth of our serving.
It is at times like these that I am so thankful for the work of our Central Texas Conference (CTC) Disaster Response Ministry that helps all the United Methodist congregations in our conference to prepare for and respond to disaster.
I don’t know about you but I have always enjoyed the Jonah story. I mean, who wouldn’t delight in a defiant prophet (I would venture to say that there is a little rebellious prophet in all of us)? And then there is a big fish that swallows the prophet, toys with him in his belly for a few days, and then vomits him up onto the shore (Yuck!).
This Sunday, which is Trinity Sunday, we will explore and celebrate our distinctiveness as a community as well as our harmony, our diversity, and our oneness.
I hope that you will join us this Sunday for a very special Easter worship service! I will be preaching and the sermon will continue our focus on the Prayer of Saint Francis — Lord, make me an instrument of your peace — looking at the culminating line of the prayer “And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” Whether you are currently feeling like this day — this Easter day — is a NEW day blooming with possibilities or just another dreary day in a long line of struggles, please come be in community with us — come to love others and to be loved!