All Things New

Revelation 21:1-5 -1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down o... Continue Reading...

The Rock That Rolled

Grief, Pain, Fear. Monuments too heavy for anybody to budge. And the Prince of Darkness, the spirit that distracts and distresses and destroys, sits on the top of that stone, cleaning his nails with a switchblade knife. Is there no one on this planet to even challenge him! This Easter messages asks, "Who will roll the stone away?" Not three grieving women. Not you. Not me. Only one Man can do it: The Man with the Power.

Living Upstairs

Gilbert K. Chesterton once made the spiritual observation that in the house of life many people are content to live in the cellar. In fact, they seem to assume that the cellar is the only room in the house.

A New Possibility

A New Possibility (Lectionary Starters) Third Sunday after Epiphany, Year A January 26, 2003 Mark 1:14-20 Jim Killen, a minister of the United Methodist Church, Beaumont, Texas Could you use a hope transfusion? Are you ready to get excited about a new possibility? Would you listen if some cred

Spring: Springtime

Through the clods, crocuses would break forth, then bursting buttercups, and pussy willows, and the pioneering blades of green, green grass.