https://youtu.be/tqk5r4q6eRY Snowmeggadon 2018 hit NC in December. Our team at FUMCG decided to pre-record worship before the storm hit (one that dumped over 11 inches). Here is the result ... It is not often that I ever cancel worship due to inclement weather. This past weekend was an exception to that rule. When one can … Continue reading Snow Worship 2018
A Pastor's Reflections on the Upcoming Special Session of General Conference Photo by ian dooley on Unsplash A Year of Mixed Emotions This year has been eventful. In January my family experienced great heartache and sadness when my youngest brother, Kenny, took his own life. The ensuing months have reminded me of what I often tell others: 1) grief … Continue reading The Sky is Falling?
Friends and family, I want to thank all of you for joining us today for a celebration of Kenny’s life. None of us want to be here today, but here we are. In the midst of death, we are, against all odds and all forces that might suggest otherwise … we are here to proclaim … Continue reading Defining a Life and a Love – A Funeral Sermon for my Brother
It is a beautiful Saturday morning in the fall. Over the past 3 years, my wife and I have begun living into what we have termed #aPastorsShabbat which begins every Friday evening and continues until Saturday evening. What started out as an "etch a sketch" type of practice in our home has begun to take … Continue reading Every Seventh Day a Miracle
God became flesh. Incarnation – derived from the Latin in caro – to be made flesh. That is the miracle we celebrate at Christmas. Yet we hear the Christmas story so often that we speed right past the scandal of it. Imagine for a moment that you had never heard the story of Jesus. You have … Continue reading Incarnation as Charge and Challenge
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