September 10, 2010 – 2:13 pm
If you are like me, you no doubt are following the story of the pastor in Florida who is considering burning copies of the Quran this weekend. I get a weekly email newsletter from the senior pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas. This is what Rev. Adam Hamilton had to [...]
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September 8, 2010 – 1:14 pm
Check out this article by Robin Russell of UMC news service.
http://www.umportal.org/article.asp?id=7101
So having read it, what do you think? Is St. Mark’s UMC too bland? Perhaps we are not as bad as Russell describes but we could certainly improve. What would you recommend? Do we ask enough of members? Should we do more to explain the [...]
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I’ve got a fever! No, not a 100 degree plus temperature but rather I’ve got World Cup Fever! Recently my emotions and mood have been tied to the roller coaster that is USA soccer! One of the biggest challenges is that the games come on at either 10 am or 2:30 pm EST. What’s with [...]
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From now until Pentecost on May 23rd, St. Mark’s UMC will be engaged in a Sermon Series entitled Acting OUT. Easter calls us to live differently. We can’t experience The Resurrection and then just go home. No, like the apostles, the early followers of Christ, we too must go Act OUT our faith. Throughout this [...]
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December 11, 2009 – 10:39 am
It has been kindly (well not really) pointed out to me that I have not written a blog post in months now. I apologize to my fan base for being otherwise occupied. (I didn’t know you cared!)In thinking about the blog I had all but decided to make it a New Year’s Resolution to write [...]
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This past Sunday night, St. Mark’s hosted the second annual Staff versus Youth Basketball Game. The proceeds from the game are used to help fund the youth group’s annual Appalachia Service Project mission work. For those who may have forgotten like I tried to, the youth won last year’s game in convincing fashion. So this year’s [...]
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So I ate dinner with my shirt off tonight…
Lest you fear, it is not a frequent occurrence at my house. In fact I don’t think I have ever eaten dinner at the kitchen table without my shirt on before tonight. However in this case it kept the peace and allowed my son to believe that [...]
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February 22, 2009 – 5:46 pm
Wow! What a response! Some 80 plus people packed into Anderson Hall last Wednesday night to help figure out how St. Mark’s might respond to those in our community being impacted by our current economic reality. Our worshipful work agenda invited us to a time of individual reflection and then into small groups. In the [...]
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February 15, 2009 – 2:34 pm
In our text for the morning, Mark 1:40-45, we witnessed Jesus’ direct and immediate response to terrible suffering. By law…by custom…Jesus should not have touched the leper and yet in the face of such terrible suffering Jesus dared to stretch out his hand. Jesus said, “I do choose, Be made clean.” It was daring! It [...]
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February 11, 2009 – 12:54 pm
In a resource I occasionally draw upon for preaching inspiration – Pulpit Resource, I recently came across part of an article from The Wall Street Journal entitled “So it’s come to this? Religion is good for your health? Body and Spirit: Why Attending Religious Services May Benefit Health,” by Kevin Helliker.
The article reads, “A growing [...]
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