November 08, 2019
Small Things
Do you remember having a necklace or paperweight that had a tiny mustard seed encased in glass? It was a reminder of Jesus’ words in Matthew 17:20,”truly I tell you, if you have faith the...
November 06, 2019
Seasons Change
As I’m praying this morning, I’m reading the names of the 32 people from our church who have died this past year. For all their loved ones, the seasons of life changed this year as...
October 25, 2019
How Big is God’s Love?
Think of big things. The Grand Canyon. Blue sky in Arizona. Ocean off San Diego. Mountains. Think of other big things like a seven foot basketball player, a field of sunflowers, a huge dog or...
October 18, 2019
Increase in love
“May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.” I Thessalonians 3:12 We all know there are many kinds of...
October 11, 2019
Giants
Giants! If you had to choose someone right now, who would you say is a “giant” in our world today? If we were to take a poll I imagine we would have many different answers...
October 04, 2019
Communion
Thoughts on two subjects this Friday morning: I’ve had the privilege of receiving Holy Communion in many places around our globe. Over the last 35 years, this has happened as I’ve traveled for vacation, leading...
September 27, 2019
Home
Friday, September 27, 2019 – Later today I travel home from Leadership Institute in Kansas City. I’ve been here since Wednesday afternoon at Church of the Resurrection (COR) with 2500 United Methodists from all over...
September 20, 2019
Close to God
Our three-year-old grandson loves to find and look at the moon. He tells us when it is a crescent, an oval and a big round circle. When he’s at our house in the evening, I...
September 13, 2019
Fear
Oh, dear. I just realized that it’s Friday the 13th. Oh, my. If I was superstitious I would suddenly be afraid. That knot that means fear would rise in my stomach and I would run...
September 06, 2019
Grace
When I met Grace she was well into her nineties. Her hair was steely gray and she was small and spry, although she was confined to a wheelchair by then. On my visits with her,...