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Hello, beloved of God! There is so much going on in the world, so much pain and suffering and violence. There are so many days when we may feel small and helpless, grief-stricken at how life unfolds. This is where I’ve been turning; I hope it may be helpful to you,...

Hello, beloved of God! Ready for a church polity deep dive? (Polity is a word I learned in seminary that just means how we organize ourselves) Recently Grace organized itself under a simplified, accountable leadership structure. The guidebook to this structure is...

Hello, beloved of God! Last week I had the opportunity to attend a lunch & learn at the Denton Wesley Foundation that focused on how we minister with young adults. Since I came to faith through the work of a Wesley Foundation, which is what we have traditionally...

Hello, beloved of God! We are better together. That is one of my cornerstone convictions. Biblically, we hear this in the second creation story, after God scoops up a bit of dirt, molds it, blows the breath of life into its nostrils, creating the adam, Hebrew for...

Today's Scripture As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea — for they were fishers. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.” Immediately they...

Hello, beloved of God! Andy and I have lived in nine different places since we got married. James joined us for five of those and Ethan for four. As a matter of fact, Ethan had three different addresses before he was 2 years old. But we’ve always had a place to call...

Hello, beloved of God!   I have a lot of mental gurus – mentors I follow through books, podcasts, or other mediums to help me become a wiser, more balanced person. Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers are some of my most dear ones. I met them (via podcast) in 2018...

Hello, beloved of God!  Have you ever had those days where you felt like a bit of a failure? Maybe not entirely, maybe not absolutely, but you just feel like there are so many things that need doing, so many things you want to do, that are absolutely where your...

Hello, beloved of God!  I became a Christian through a hamburger and a warm, welcoming community at a Wesley Foundation, a United Methodist campus ministry. I was a broke college student who had been hurt by the church as a kid. I’m grateful for the friend who kept...