John 4: 1-32 Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 4 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing...

Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see— how good God is. Blessed are you who run to him. 9 Worship God if you want the best;...

“Then God said, “Let us make47 humankind48 in our image, after our likeness,49 so they may rule50 over the fish of the sea and the birds...

I hate the funhouse at carnivals. Especially the room where the mirrors distort the way you look. Sometimes they make you appear short,...

4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness1 to be tempted by the devil. 4:2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he...

“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so, we are. The reason why the world...

Faith is the substance of things not seen yet hoped for. It’s in the waiting of faith to come that we are tested. The question is, with...

It’s really easy to have faith—in something or anything when you don’t stop looking at the storms of life coming at you and your kin. In...

The Parable of the Lamp 4:21 He also said to them, “A lamp24 isn’t brought to be put under a basket25 or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to...

Peace without conflict isn’t peace at all; it is the illusion of fantasy. I am in Dyersville, IA the site of the Field of Dreams movie...

“There is power in the connection….” ¶ 121 Rational for Our Mission—The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for...

“When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip...

It’s inborn in our humanity—the need to connect with people, places, and things. We have the desire to be more than we are as human...

The Baptism vows that my parents took for me when I was an infant were confirmed when I made my public declaration of faith when I was...

As United Methodist’s we talk a lot about the “Connection,” and I believe there is power in that spirit. However, it is the Pentecost...

Community is at the heart of everything we do as the Church of Jesus Christ. Faith does not happen in a vacuum. Faith happens when we...

I am enough. It sounds simple, doesn’t it? I am enough. This is a hard concept to master in this world in which we are continually told...