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Naming Toward And Circling Around
*Image courtesy of Kelly Latimore - The Trinity icon Naming Toward and Circling Around Now as he was approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power...
Good Enough For Now, Safe Enough To Try
Good enough for now, safe enough to try... This past week, I got to spend a couple of days in Arkansas, training United Methodist conference staff and pastors on how to lead neighboring work. I am passionate about this and it has led me to my work as a regional...
One And One And One Is Three, But Then One
One and one and one is three, but then one. Last week, United Methodist clergy from three annual conferences came together in Flower Mound for our Covenant Day. This annual event is one way clergy in North Texas have gathered to experience spiritual and professional...
Every Place Has A Story
Every place has a story. We make sense of our life through the stories we learn or tell ourselves. We are constantly creating stories. We make up stories in our heads about how our day will go when we wake up. We tell ourselves stories about the amazing places we will...
What’s Strong or What’s Wrong?
What’s strong or what’s wrong? Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good...
For God Alone
For God alone… For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, O...
Grace Newsletter 1-12-24
What does the Lord require? “With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I...
Grace Newsletter 1-05-24
Happy New Year! Andy and I decided that we are truly adults this year because neither of us had any interest in staying up until midnight to ring in the new year. It's so funny how these seasons change: When I was a kid, I absolutely wanted to stay up but wasn't...
Grace Newsletter 12-22-23
Are you ready for Christmas? Many of us have go-to phrases to make conversation, such as: How about those Cowboys? It sure is cold out today. Read any good books lately? How are your kids/parents? And this time of year, a new one comes into rotation: Are you ready for...