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I can sum up Chapter 34 as “Humility and Hope.”    But first let me take this opportunity as an “outsider” to thank Mr. Wicker for putting together this blog. It allows folks like me to “write on the wall”. (to quote from the recent “scripture quoting” governor’s debate) We start 34 with the well known [...]

I looked at several translations and versions of the closing scripture in today’s chapter and, while I’m not usually a big fan of The Living Bible, the translation of John 13:17 is excellent.  In other versions, Christ’s instructions are not as imperative as this: “You know these things — now do them!” I wonder how many [...]

Blogging ain’t the same as “talkin”, which most of our class is pretty durn good at. But I read Chapter 32 and felt like I needed to comment. It’s a great piece on TEAM SPIRIT, which I am a huge fan of. Few places rival the opportunity where we want those around us to succeed [...]

While I’ve not been a particularly big fan of this book from the very beginning — we’re not studying anything we haven’t studied many times before — I do see the value in a “corporate lesson” wherein all the bromides are thrown out there for some truly heartfelt review. I do wish, however, that professional [...]

Sunday afternoon I opened the packet we had been given at church.  I was impressed with the number of areas available to serve.  There were so many to choose from that I had to take a nap after reading through the booklet!   It seems to me that if one WANTS to be plugged into church, [...]

Chapter thirty, the second chapter in the final section of Treasures of a Transformed Life begins with the example of Albert Einstein. Albert was a brilliant academic who lived long enough to see both the affirmation of his theory of relativity and the use of that theory applied to produce the bomb that has defined [...]

“I want to walk as a child of the light, I want to follow Jesus”.  UMH 206 What does it mean to imitate Christ?  Danny talked it about it a couple of days ago in his post “Going on to Perfection”.  Satan indeed loses his mortal power when we deny this world and live “eternally”.  [...]

Be sure to read Wesley’s Directions on Singing. As Danny suggested earlier, I made a special effort to attend to the words and the music this morning. We do indeed enjoy a special heritage from Charles Wesley. We don’t sing in unison — not always in harmony — but we do sing together.  As the [...]

Take a look at the list of Charles Wesley’s hymns that we (and the youth and chancel choirs) will be singing tomorrow at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services.  Are there some other Wesley hymns that you would have included if you could? Several times this past week, the subject of favorite hymns has come [...]

“Are you going onto perfection?” was first asked of new Methodist ministers by John Wesley more than 250 years ago, and it’s still being asked today. While reaching perfection seems an impossible task, it helps (greatly) to consider an older definition of that term. In her book Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, author and [...]