Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Isolated, but not Alone

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            As I am writing this the state of TN was the latest in the line of states to declare stay at home acts. This is a hard time ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

The rhythm of the lectionary

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                We need some balance in our lives right now. We need some continuity in our lives right now.                 Hebrews 13:...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

All will be well---so give up

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As I am writing this devotion we are still in the season of Lent. Lent is the 40 day period (not counting Sunday’s) that is from Ash Wedne...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

PORCH

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            June of 2019 the Holston Annual Conference received an offering of $129,733 to fight the opioid addiction epidemic in our conf...
Monday, January 20, 2020

You are Kind. You are smart. You are important.

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“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” Those words are spoken by a woman to a child in the movie, The Help . I don’t normally re...
Monday, January 6, 2020

Jesus in the Middle

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              Last week was Epiphany Sunday. And in the churches I serve this is a day that, in part, we remember the journey of the magi’...
Saturday, January 4, 2020

Nothing Has Changed--a Pastoral Letter from Michael on the State of the Church before General Conference 2020

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Apparently our United Methodist Church is in the news alot lately. That's not unusual. When disaster strikes an area in the forms of hur...