The Voices of Advent are calling: “The best deals of the year…..no interest until 2020….60% off……buy one get one free.”     There is one more voice calling during Advent: “Are you on the right path? Think…

     Preachers are sometimes asked to perform weddings in the most unusual of places. One year, I was asked to perform an outdoor wedding on a golf course. The ceremony was held just off the right side of the tee box of the tenth ho…

[The theme for the 1st Sunday of Advent was “Light the Candle of Hope.” Click here for the sermon. One of the ways that our church lights the candle of hope is by serving others in our community. The video above is from this past weekend’s ca…

[The last Sunday of November is typically the Sunday before the Season of Advent begins which is the case this year. It was not only “Christ the King Sunday,” but it was also the annual Sunday when we invite the congregation to decorate our Chapel and …

     The celebration of Advent and  Christmas, and Lent and Easter are holy days and seasons in the church that go back for many centuries.     There was a new recognition added to the church calendar in 1925 through …

[When Methodists meet, they eat! We did just that for our annual “Thanks for Giving” meal following the last service. The picture above is one of two long food lines with turkey, stuffing, gravy, casseroles and desserts. During the meal, several people…

     So let me just say that if you ever felt that my sermons are too long, check out Jesus’ sermon on the mount. That sermon was definitely longer than 18 minutes! It’s three chapters long!      Whenever Penny and I …

[WOUB intereviewed me recently about why organized religion is declining in America. For the full text interview, go to https://woub.org/2018/11/09/finding-faith-somewhere-else/]

[We had a very special combined worship service on Veterans’ Day, marking the 100th anniversary of WW I. We recognized our veterans by giving each of them a poppy which is traditionally associated with Veterans’ Day. These were made by our children in …

It’s very appropriate that Veterans’ Day falls on a Sunday this year, a day when our Hebrew’s scripture passage focuses on the theme of sacrifice.  Today we honor and pay tribute to those who have served in the armed services and who have sacrific…