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Your Resurrection Day

Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with...

The Wilderness and the Cross

There are very few epic stories in history as memorable as the Exodus story (as portrayed by the Charlton Heston movie). In it, we see...

A Bible Challenge for 2018

How often do you read the Bible? Do you read it at all? If your honest answer to those questions are "not much" or "no", you are not...

Two Teeth and Some Magic

I'm writing this the week before Christmas, and I wanted to share a story that has touched my heart this week. It began a few weeks ago...

What Do You Expect?

"Don’t be afraid! Look! I bring good news to you—wonderful, joyous news for all people." This passage in Luke ushers in the Advent story...

Baptism Should Remind Us

Most lifelong United Methodists are baptized as infants. Infant baptism is not required and people can be baptized at any age. We also...

Accidental Faith Development

Six years ago I was hired to be the Intentional Faith Developer at another Methodist Church. It was a newly created position developed...

The Most Important Issues

There are times when a phrase gets co-opted by political groups and the use of that phrase becomes a partisan issue any time it is...

In Transition

Two years ago, as I stepped forward into local pastoral ministry for the first time, I wrote an article about the role of a pastor and...

A Growing Church

Every church I've ever been a part of wishes for the exact same thing. They want to grow. I'm fairly certain that no matter who you ask,...