Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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A New Year…again
I was wondering what my “Focus” was going to be for the new year. Then it kind of hit me. Perhaps this year I can stop trying as hard and simply start trusting. One of the areas I’ve been trying to work on is having true joy in my life. I know that through Jesus…
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My Day At the Convent
As we got out of the car I felt different. For the past couple of months my soul had been aching. I had been longing for something that was missing. For the past several years I felt I was groping in the dark. It was easy to hide this groping because those around me were…
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Letting Go
There are times when you simply have to let go. Although letting go is seldom a simple thing. For the past several weeks I’ve been evaluating my spiritual life especially in the area of prayer. I’m finding, that in order to discover a greater sense of God’s grace I simply have to let go of…
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Finally….
The joys of dialup are simply amazing. I guess once you have a cable modem you really never want to go back. Now that I only can get dialup I find that statement is true. Actually, I have a pretty good setup. I have my computer set to automatically dialup and get my email. The…
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Church Marketing Sucks: No Need to Impress
Church Marketing Sucks: No Need to Impress An interesting website that I plan on mining some more. Living in our current culture, I find I keep osolating between living in, accepting and “doing life” like the culture suggests and living ‘against’ the culture. One good thing, I believe, is being free and brave enough to…
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My Time with Leonard Sweet
Well, I did it! I sent my registration in for a workshop with Leonard Sweet. After reading his books and website I finally am taking an opportunity to see him live and in person! The workshop includes three sessions, worship and dinner. It sounds odd (even to me), but I am having difficulty decided whether…