Jay Archer is a thoughtful and Christ-like leader inside the Tennessee Conference. Jay’s response to my “The Bible and Homosexuality” blog asks some good questions about the future of our United Methodist connection. Jay wonders what will center the church and where is the United Methodist church heading. I post this email from Jay with his permission. May we listen […]
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The year my Dad died we traveled to Washington D.C. to celebrate my brother earning his doctorate. We visited the Mall and the memorials. On a beautiful spring day, we gazed upon the lifelike Korean War soldiers cast in bronze moving up a slight slope. The bronze troops wore raincoats, ponchos and other winter gear. […]
Oh God of our Mothers’ God of our Mothers, We thank you for life, love and mothers. Through Eve, You gave the gift of life Through Sarah, You bless the nations Through the prophet Huldah, the preacher Joanna, and pastor Priscilla- You speak! Through Mary you gave us Jesus: the Perfect Revelation of Your […]
The Bible and Homosexuality A Way Forward Thoughts by Pastor Paul Purdue As United Methodists, “We believe the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments, reveals the Word of God so far as it is necessary for our salvation. It is to be received through the Holy Spirit as the true rule and guide for […]
unchanging love for an ever-changing world.
With a blue flash the neighborhood grew instantly dark. Tree limbs cracked beneath the heaviness of clinging ice. Yellow candle light gave way to the bright white light of our propane camping lantern. The blue natural gas flames danced over red-hot ceramic logs lifting the temperature to levels Granny Due enjoyed. Our media soaked reality […]
I resolve to live into my baptism. I resolve to remember my profession of faith. I renounce the spiritual forces of wickedness. I reject the evil powers of this world. I repent of my sin! I accept the freedom and power God gives to me. I resolve to resist evil, injustice, and oppression. […]
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas is a love story. Christmas tells us of the love of God lavished on us… The Love of God, the story of the unfolding of Christmas really begins on the first page of the Old Testament. In Genesis one after creating light and the world the Creator creates us. We are […]
Today, we begin Advent- the first season of the Christian year! Advent comes before Christmas and speaks of “the coming or arrival of Christ”. Advent remembers God coming into the world as child. Advent invites us to let Christ come and rule our everyday living. Advent looks toward that day when Christ will come in […]
Thanksgiving does not come in a can..
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