Few stories are more well known that the story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding feast. Chances are you have seen comics and...

Paul begins his letters in the New Testament with thanksgiving, usually “giving thanks for you and your faithfulness.” Romans begins,...

Among the preacher types there is something of a rant about the Mark Lowry song, “Mary did you know.” Several of my friends are insistent...

We sing, “Joy to the World, the Lord is come. Let earth receive her king.” At some level the only joy our world can ever know comes when...

On the cabinet in our kitchen are gold-painted letters spelling “Peace.” They are part of the Christmas decorations, and somehow the...

The word Advent comes to us from Latin and the word ‘advents’ meaning, ‘coming.’ It is a time for us to reflect on the coming of Jesus...

Throughout the Bible and history, we hear and read Jesus called by a variety of names and titles. On this Sunday each year, the Sunday...

In our Book of Discipline, the Charge Conference is described as “the basic unit in the Connectional system.” It is the means by which we...

The story of the widows mite. You know it. A woman gives her last two coins to the treasury of the synagogue. She is faithful and...

The plans are underway for the refurbishment of our sanctuary and updates to our kitchen. The playground is already being installed. We...

Shakespeare famously wrote “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Names are a significant part of our sense of identity and...

Understanding our place in the universe and the general order of things is in many ways the essence of worship. It is a moment to declare...

“People basically do what they want to do.” I can hear my mother’s voice even as I type those words. She’s right, you know. As a basic...

My mother frequently opines, “if I had known grandchildren were this much fun, I’d have had them first.” Now that we have a grandchild,...

On the shelves in my office there is book with the odd title of Does God Need the Church? An interesting question. Spoiler alert, the...

Competition comes early in our lives and fills a big part of our experience, and maybe it has always been so. Then suddenly we come upon...

Who are you? No, really – who are you? We can answer that question in all kinds of ways. Identity has always fascinated us. Who we think...

Watching the evening news can be exhausting these days. Quite a number of friends have decided to withdraw from news and social media,...

I’m not actually a fan of musical theater, though I have seen quite a bit of it. I remember well watching the movie “Fiddler on the Roof”...

The summer is winding down, the kids are preparing to return to school, the activity of the church is starting to ramp up, and our...