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Heaven’s Overflow
It was as if the outpouring of His blessing being poured over Wilmore was overflowing and somehow pouring down on us at Wesley Chapel UMC. Continue reading
Posted in Opportunity, salvation, sermons
Tagged Asbury, Faith, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, revival, salvation, United Methodist Church
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God’s unpredictable ways
Last night our church served somewhere close to 100 meals at the Union Rescue Mission in Cumberland, MD. One of the people who was there serving was 10 year old Jayden, whom Carolyn brought. Dinner was from 5-5:30. When dinner … Continue reading
Posted in Obstacles, Opportunity, Walking the Walk
Tagged addiction, Church, God, Holy Spirit, homeless, Jesus, mission, UMC, United Methodist Church
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15 days of mediocrity
For people who do not want snow, the next 15 days looks good. For others who want snow, the next couple of weeks does not look promising. For those like me who long for spring and summer, the next 15 … Continue reading
Posted in Opportunity
Tagged average, Holy Spirit, Jesus, mediocrity, plants, today, weather
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The rest of the story
When I saw this picture of Olaf, a character from the movie Frozen, I was struck by what a freaky looking character this is. If I knew nothing of the movie, I would think this snowman was intended to scare … Continue reading
Posted in Opportunity, Walking the Walk
Tagged Auca, Ecuador, Frozen, Gates of Splendor, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jim Elliot, Olaf, Wheaton
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Fake saints and real sinners
I was in the church kitchen today and I opened the spoon drawers. There are four silverware drawers: a drawer for forks, one for butter knives, and two for spoons. The idea for two spoon drawers was to have teaspoons … Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, Holy Spirit, Jesus, mattheew 25, sheep goats, world
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What God is going to do with the seeds
Yesterday I was at the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. They have 184 benches, one for each innocent who lost their lives on that day, and 85 Crape Myrtle trees that will each eventually grow up to … Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, seeds, trust
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Something happened
One thing is for sure, there is evidence that something happened last night. This has bear written all over it. Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged bear, Christian, Church, Disciple, follower, Holy Spirit, Jesus
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Things required of Christians
This morning as I was watering the plants outside the front of the church I found a cigarette butt pressed down in the soil of one of them. It is not uncommon to find cigarette butts outside the church. We … Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, clean water, dinner, food pantry, funeral, God, Holy Spirit, hopsitality, humility, hungry, Jesus, love, thirsty
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Who we are when nobody is watching
My friend and fellow pastor Tom Beckette is moving to another church in the next couple of weeks. I know he has been to the new church a couple of times to meet people. I know he has been slowly … Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged fake people, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, new pastor, pastor, pastor change, pastor move, UMC, United Methodist Church
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Changing with society
In a New York Times article I read that there is a road that crosses Nevada that just raised the speed limit to 80 mph. For me that brings back memories of driving from Montana to Utah in 2012. We … Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, God, hold fast, Holy Spirit, UMC, United Methodist Church
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