Today, just before I sat down to write a Pastor’s Desk, I read a bit of the news. A dangerous task, sometimes. Today, I read about homelessness in our beloved [...]

The prophet Joel is not the most uplifting book of the Bible. It focuses on the ecological disaster facing Israel—a locust horde had devastated the land. In an agrarian and [...]

June is Pride Month. It is a month where we honor the resilience of the LGBTQIA+ community and celebrate their unique reflection of God’s image in the world. It is [...]

Today is May 24th, celebrated as Aldersgate Day in Methodist and various other Wesleyan traditions. Today we commemorate the experience of one of our tradition’s founders, John Wesley, which he [...]

As members of The United Methodist Church, we stand in a long tradition that believes and confesses that the consistent witness of Scripture and God’s people is that God is [...]

As February begins, we enter Black History Month. We are also in the week of the Lunar New Year, celebrated in many different expressions by diverse East Asian cultures.  

This [...]

I read once about the Prisoners of War during WWII, Vietnam, and Korean Wars. When they asked the survivors about those who died, what they discovered is that those who [...]

As we draw closer and closer to Christmas, I’ve been thinking a lot about traditions. One of my favorite family traditions is watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation after Thanksgiving dinner. [...]