united methodist

just a myriad of links from odd stuff i've have on tab in the browser.

yesterday the president of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is the first african woman president, who just happens to be a united methodist came all the way from africa to address the church body. what a powerful moment.

Walter waited until the crowd around the Compassion table thinned before talking to me.  He looked like a high school basketball coach from back home.  A little thick in the middle, more than a little thin on top, face deeply creased by almost seventy years of living, a blue wind breaker on over a button up shirt and elastic waist dress pants.  His voice was low and gravelly, his fi

As a lifelong United Methodist, I abhor gambling. Nonetheless, I must confess that I had $7.00 riding on Super Bowl Squares. As much as I enjoyed watching Eli Manning drive the Giants down the field for the game-winning touchdown, I would have won $50.00 (well, $43.00 including the initial investment) if he hadn’t. Maybe God was trying to tell me something.

Well, December has come and gone, and it occurred to me the other day that we’d not had the traditional Murfreesboro District United Methodist layspeakers’ and lay leaders’ banquet. For some reason, I had it in my head that the banquet was held during the holidays, although I see from my blog post last year that it was in February.