Faith Stories: Pennies from Heaven A few weeks ago, I was having coffee with my neighbor. Like me, she is a widow, and during our conversation, she asked me if
Faith Stories: About Being Community
Faith Stories: About Being Community And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in
Faith Stories: Why Lord?
Faith Stories: Why Lord? Why Lord? Why your faithful servant? WHY?? Many know my husband and his battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). The battle began over two years ago
Faith Stories: My Faith Journey to St. Mark’s UMC Mission
Faith Stories: My Faith Journey to St. Mark’s UMC Mission While at church one Sunday, the announcement was made about a Volunteers in Mission trip to New Orleans to work
Faith Stories: Love from St. John’s Reflects Christ’s Love
Faith Stories: Love from St. John’s Reflects Christ’s Love “I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each
Faith Stories: An Ordinary United Methodist
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Faith Stories: Virgin Birth … Really?
Faith Stories: Virgin Birth … Really? Miracles like the supposed virgin birth make me feel lost on my faith journey. My friend Marilyn says that she believes in the virgin
Christmas Day
Luke 2:15 Then the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go right now to Bethlehem and see what’s happened.” n nOn this Christmas Day, we are
Christmas Eve
Isaiah 9:2nThe people who walked in darknessnhave seen a great light;nthose who lived in a land of deep darkness—non them light has shined. nnTo trust God in the light is
The Canticle of the Turning
Stanza 1:nMy soul cries out with a joyful shoutnthat the God of my heart is great,nAnd my spirit sings of the wondrous thingsnthat you bring to the one who waits.nYou