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On Death: The Farewell Discourse of Jesus and What it Means to Truly Live

30 Saturday Apr 2016

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gravestone-1193507-1279x1926I remember that it was a about fifteen years ago, that it was a Sunday, and we were in that short period of time between Sunday School and the 11:00 service when she told us. Her name was Edith Woods, a woman in her seventies, and on that particular Sunday, she was characteristically poised and elegant.

Larry, the Senior Pastor and I were standing just inside the church office, by the mailboxes. She was wearing a silver broach and a yellow sweater when she told us that her cancer had returned, she said “I want you to know that I am doing just fine and I do not need anything, but I wanted you to know.”

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Adam Hamilton: The Bible, Homosexuality, and the UMC, Part 1

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

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discipline-wesleyAdam Hamilton, author and founding pastor of the 20,000 member United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas offers this insightful blog post on one of the most prominent issues facing the United Methodist Church at our upcoming General Conference.

Why Are We Having a Sermon Series on Death?

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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gravestone-1193507-1279x1926Sunday night, I was answering questions posed to me by members of our Youth Group when I was asked this question: “Why are we having a sermon series on death anyway?” It is a good and fair question that I have been waiting for someone to ask me. Here is why:

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From the Lead Pastor’s Desk, May 2016

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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typewriter-1510114-638x419A little over twenty years ago, as I was preparing for my own ordination, I read somewhere that there are essentially five milestones in the Christian life. Some of us experience all of them, while others only experience a few. These milestones are birth, baptism, confirmation, marriage, and death.

“Who,” the author inquired, “is the one in the life of the community of faith who is invited to help celebrate all five?”

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That Time it Snowed and Doug Looked Like Moby

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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Screen Shot 4Remember that time in January, 2016 when we cancelled worship because of a blizzard and I recorded a sermon on Christian unity and put it on YouTube? Me either! At any rate, here it is. If you look carefully, you can see that I am doing everything in my power to avoid moving because the chair I was sitting in was so squeaky.  Continue reading →

Hymnody

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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9780687430130What follows are the words to a hymn I wrote years ago for a Virginia Conference United Methodist devotional guide called “A Summer Read.” We used it in worship on April 10, 2016 as part of our Reclaiming Sunday: Sabbath and Christian Simplicity sermon series. It was fun to hear people sing it. Feel free to use it with attribution, if you like. The tune is the same as “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna,” which, of course, I did not write.  Continue reading →

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