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This chapter is a continuation of being a part of community, finding our place and how we can be a productive part of the community. I thought of situations where community efforts have worked so well. Our son Bennett, who is a member of Respect Mississippi, a group of students whose goal is to encourage and [...]

While I am for good cause reluctant to attempt literary quotations with this class, this chapter brings to mind the comment to the effect that no man is an island unto himself. And not having the benefit of the Great Liberal Education I cannot attribute the quote accurately, but it seems a good jumping off point [...]

Last week we were reminded that prayer is not all about God hearing us, but our hearing God.  So it is with our “presence”.  Excuse number three, “The church just isn’t meeting my needs”, is one that I’ve both heard and been guilty of.  To paraphrase William McGill, the value of our consistent presence is [...]

Just a friendly reminder: 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30 – the FUMC Chancel Choir and Jazz Band will present its annual Gospel Fest. We’re doing arrangements of nearly every standing, leaning and bleeding song you’ve ever sung or heard, not to mention such bestsellers as Amazing Grace and When the Saints Go Marching In (among [...]

In one of the Communion liturgies according to the Book of Common Prayer, the celebrant  introduces the Lord’s Prayer — the ‘Our Father’ –  with these words:  “And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, Our Father, who art in heaven…”. “Bold,” indeed. To claim a personal, filial relationship with Creator and [...]

” . . . am I my brother’s keeper?”  Genesis 4:9 We’re reminded today that, in sharing a Father, we are family.  That family certainly extends to members of our church, but what of others?  Having in common one Creator, aren’t they a part of our family as well?  John Ed Mathison notes — in [...]

When I begin to pray I often start with a spirit of awe and worship because I am mindful that this is the Creator I am approaching.  I think that is why Jesus put “Holy (set apart) is your name” at the beginning of the way He taught us to pray.  We do need to [...]

First of all, a confession:  I checked the site several times earlier today wondering where today’s post was and I realized just now that it was my turn……so here goes.  I won’t comment on the Great Depression….others know far  more about U.S. History.  I won’t comment on the building of the Hoover Dam…..David Brevard should be [...]

How successful would a relationship become if there was no communication within it?  God created us to be in a meaningful relationship with Him, and prayer is one means of communication which brings us closer to Him… you might say, within hearing range.  We talk, He talks…we listen, He listens.  Very simple concept, but not for some of us.  [...]

  “Thy will be done, . . .” Sometimes water flows and sometimes it trickles.  So it seems to us with the “products of prayer”.  Being human, there are times we can’t help but wonder if our prayers will be answered.  We’ve spent this week focusing on prayer and we’ll spend our classtime on Sunday discussing [...]