To what shall I compare this generation? Healing. We all long for it. When we find ourselves or the ones we love in a broken state,...

Luke 6 reflections: First and foremost:  this is a week late.    The advantage I have now of typing this is that I had a whole hour to...

New containers for new things via video

Practice of priorities Riddle:   12 frogs sat on a log, 3 decided to jump off, how many frogs are left on the log? Answer:  I don’t know...

Reflections on Luke 4 via video

blog post on Relational integrity > Organizational policing The first thing I find in many situations is this:   When things start...

Luke 3 reflections: I hope you are reading along with us as we journey through the book of Luke/Acts in 2018.  If you did not start with...

Upon further reflection… Click here to view in a more dynamic form. I can not help but keep thinking about Luke 3:19,20.  It says this,...

I apologize due to the late nature of this reflection. A few things stuck out to me in this chapter. 1.  We have the birth of Jesus, but...

I am writing this blog post, while in the air and on my phone’s mini-keyboard.  While in the air you are separated from your life for a...

Reflections on Luke 1: First and foremost, I will be doing my best to post each week about the reading we are engaging in together at...

Happy New Year! As we enter into 2018, we let go of the past and look to the future.  Our prayer is like the prayer for 2018 is the...

Questions that must be asked in 2018 Teach us to number our days so that we can have a wise heart. —>prayer of Moses from Psalm 90:12 As...

An open letter to all people of Winchester First UMC/First Fire, In just a few days – Sunday, October 29th at 6:00pm – we will come...

Foggy, misty mornings are good for sitting on a covered porch and drinking a hot cup of coffee.  When you have no place to be or nothing...

Many set out to do great things in the name of the Kingdom of God. Yet, no matter how good and right the end seems to a person, if they...

It is that time of year.  Summer is drawing to an end.  And the start of school is here. The days that are filled with statements like,...

There are no good times, only priorities. I heard this quote or something really close to it from one of my seminary professors, Dr....

There was once a young woman that only knew and spoke the language of nice-ness.  She had learned it from her parents, her friends, she...

I just listened to Call of the Wild by Jack London. A few reflections: If you are a son or a father or brother, pick up a copy of this...