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If you had told me a year and a half ago that I would take ten kids anywhere let alone somewhere for an entire weekend I would have laughed in your face and shouted, “no way!” It is funny how God works sometimes. It has been a year since God called me to the children’s […]
Sharing the Load Sometimes it’s just easier to do a job yourself. You know this when your child is supposed to pick up her toys, but you do it because you’re in a hurry. You’re at work and you notice something that’s not your job, but you do it anyway. Does this sound familiar? We […]
Putting It Together Once upon a time, humans bought furniture at a store. They loaded the furniture into a truck or a van, perhaps even the back seat of the car. Upon arrival at home, the furniture was placed in the house somewhere. Done. These days FedEx drops two or three heavy cardboard boxes on […]
Oh, deer… I was eating breakfast on Tuesday when I received an early morning text. The saying is true that “good news sleeps till 10”. The text was from Rev. Ball over at Calvary Baptist church. It wasn’t good news. We had a large dead deer on our property behind the Wesley building. Apparently, a […]
The Handbook School starts next week, and Leigh and I are thrilled. I’m sure you are, too. My kids say they never even had a break, conveniently forgetting the grandparent cruise, weeks at Camp Glisson, spend the night parties, and the dozens of days they slept until lunchtime. Anticipating the arrival of her students, Mrs. […]
Food for Thought When Jesus talks about food in the Gospels, he usually makes points about grace, love, and hope in the kingdom of God to come. When I read those food stories, think about the biggest buffets I can imagine. Plenty of food, drink, and perhaps entertainment to take care of all the people […]
Wow! The dog days of summer have arrived. The last week of June is upon us, summer activities are in full swing, and it is 100° in Madison. Yet, I walked into a home store in Athens yesterday and saw decorations out for Halloween. Halloween? That is still more than four months away. HOW can […]
Thank you, Madison First UMC, for choosing me as your Lay Delegate to the North Georgia Annual Conference. I learned a lot! The theme of the conference was “Becoming An ACTS Church” based on Acts 2:42-44, which says: “The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to community, to their shared meals, and their prayers. […]
Annual Conference 2024 Rev. Leigh and I were back in Athens for the 160th session of the North Georgia Annual Conference. As many of you know, this is our yearly meeting for the North Georgia United Methodist Church. About 2000 delegates, half clergy and half laity, gathered to take care of the business of our […]
Musical Worship? The story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50 is one of the most beloved tales of the Old Testament. It has everything that people like in a good story—jealousy, revenge, sex, power, plot twists, forgiveness, and a rags to riches ending. You’ll remember that Jacob, one of the patriarchs of ancient Israel, had 12 […]
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