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I hope the Summer is treating you well, and you are able to refresh your spirit in these long days of the season.  I’m going to be taking some time during July and August to just … Read More

Yesterday, I celebrated one of the two sacraments of the Church, Holy Baptism. Normally, baptisms are celebrated in the context of corporate worship, where the church is gathered together. It is an act of worship the whole … Read More

“How’s the heat treating you?” That’s a question I remember hearing when I was growing up in San Antonio, Texas. Although I’m Texas born and raised, I have never gotten used to the heat. It can be oppressive … Read More

I was up and out on my morning walk early, around 6:30 a.m..  Its nice and quiet that time of morning, as well as much cooler than in later morning and afternoon.  Almost every morning there is an older … Read More

Have you ever retrieved something from the “Lost and Found, and if you did, how did you feel? Losing something can make us frantic to find it. We search and search, we retrace our steps the … Read More

It’s often said of Methodists, all we like to talk about is grace, we don’t bring up sin. I can see why many might say that, we are a grace-forward people. We believe in grace, and we … Read More

I was in a meeting recently with other pastors, where we were to vote on issues related to ordination and other business regarding our Annual Conference. Our speaker for the day was a retired theologian, Marjorie … Read More

I consider myself a joyful person.  I may not always seem like it, or my face may not always betray my inner joy, but by and large, I am genuinely filled with joy.  I thought we might … Read More

I’ve been doing some self-care recently by taking early morning walks. I have a trek outlined which takes me along a path following a creek, then through a neighborhood of houses, past a school, a park, … Read More

If you missed in person worship, you REALLY missed out. My friend, the Reverend Hadley R. Edwards took our in person worship to a whole other level. The word he brought was powerful and one that inspired … Read More