One of my favorite ice cream shops uses the phrase “Got to Have It” when you want their largest ice cream cone size. The name for a medium size cone […]
Today is “pink candle” Sunday. That’s actually my personal title for this Sunday. The technical name for this Sunday is Gaudete which is a Latin word that means, “rejoice.” […]
The Voices of Advent are calling: “The best deals of the year…..no interest until 2020….60% off……buy one get one free.” There is one more voice calling during […]
Preachers are sometimes asked to perform weddings in the most unusual of places. One year, I was asked to perform an outdoor wedding on a golf course. The ceremony was […]
First UMC Leadership Board – Proceedings Thursday, Dec.13, 2018 In attendance: Dave Bayless, Joe Brown, Vicki Butcher, Kathy Gilmore, Dave Liggitt, Jenny Klein, David Koonce, Tom Marx, Robert McDowell, Brenda […]
The celebration of Advent and Christmas, and Lent and Easter are holy days and seasons in the church that go back for many centuries. There was a new recognition added […]
So let me just say that if you ever felt that my sermons are too long, check out Jesus’ sermon on the mount. That sermon was definitely longer than 18 […]
It’s very appropriate that Veterans’ Day falls on a Sunday this year, a day when our Hebrew’s scripture passage focuses on the theme of sacrifice. Today we honor and pay […]