Is conservative a bad word?

MLK weekend: My eyes were welling up with tears. Tears of joy, tears of hope, tears of vision and what can be. Holding hands, we sang this chorus “I need you, you need me we’re all part of God’s body. I’ll pray for you, you pray for me. I’ll not say words that will harm. … Read more

Falling Off Ladders

1 Corinthians 4: 8-13   “For we are fools for Christ”. It was time to take down the Christmas decorations. By now my neighbors were probably beginning to wonder if I would just leave them up and fit into some peculiar stereotype of southern culture. Really, I just had not had time. Today was the day. … Read more

Resolve to Serve

That night was the turning point. A marker event. One Sunday night after a worship service my sophomore year at Auburn I hurried to my dorm room to call Mom. My mind raced, reeled, contemplated as I made my way to my room. What would she say? Would she support me? Would she understand? I … Read more

#Giving Tuesday

http://www.umcmission.org/Give-to-Mission/Search-for-Projects/Projects/721001 On this #Giving Tuesday, we are inviting all who want to help to give through the United Methodist (UM) Advance which supports missionaries and mission ministries like ARM across the globe! There is a $5000 match opportunity and we hope you will help us raise $10,000 on Tuesday Nov. 29th. To give just click … Read more

Am I part of the KKK?

Twilight had already fallen and I was driving down College Street, a four lane street, to take care of an errand. Saturday night traffic in Auburn was mild due to the out of town game. At a traffic stop I needed to check for receipt of a possible email. It had indeed come and had … Read more