Our UMC District Superintendent for the Connecticut District, Ken Kieffer wrote a powerful admonition on the destructive power of sin in our lives. He uses an anaology that communicates well and…
Category: Meditations
Give Thanks to God
Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits Psalm 103:1-2 NIV84 Today my daughter…
Pray for Wise Peacemakers
My heart is filled with grief at the picture of Muslims affiliated with IS lining up Christian Copts for martyrdom. My mind reels. In addition, religiously motivated shootings in Denmark and France…
Observations on the 2011 NIV
Now they’ve done it! They changed my favorite verse, my life verse. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having…
A 10 point strategy for dealing with the many charitable requests we receive?
Question: One of my parishioners recently wrote me about a dilemma that is certainly common to all of us today. “I received email from 6 organizations wanting donations from me today. This…
Meditation on Prayers for Healing
A thoughtful discussion I have a good friend, Eva Boswell, with whom I have a running theological discussion about God’s will concerning healing. It is a good-natured discussion between friends and I…
About Ash Wednesday
Some of you have been asking me for more info about Ash Wednesday. As I was researching, I ran across this web articled by former pastor, Mark D. Roberts. It is excellent …
A Plan for Quiet Times Alone with God in the New Year
“When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you”…
A child’s Christmas wonder is catching
It happened in the middle of the children’s program at church — the moment that crystalized the essence of the Christmas sermons I have been preparing. Little Parker, who is barely tall…
Nursing home visitation will be rewarded as a ministry to the least of these
A friend, Phil, in Kirkville wrote me that he was joining a ministry of nursing home visitation. I thought my comments to him, might be of encouragement to others too. So here…