Author: Tom Murphy Yesterday, while walking my dogs into the woods early in the morning, I discovered some acorns. Over the years I have observed, examined and, in my own way, marveled at one of God’s interesting creations. I can remember as a youth how I learned to use toothpicks to decorate an acorn to become […]
Author: Greg West The early Church was growing rapidly in spite of resistance, divisions and persecution. The long awaited Messiah had come! Thousands upon thousands witnessed his miracles and heard his profound teachings. “The blind see, the lame walk . . . and good news is preached to the poor.” (Mark 11:5) Some saw his […]
Author: Pastor Tom Murphy Sometime ago a man who sought peace when our society was frayed over race and culture in our nation wrote these words prayerfully: “In our community, we are many different people; we come from many different places, have many different cultures. Open our hearts that we may be bold in finding […]
Author: Larry Davies “A Widow’s Faith” Jesus watched people dropping gifts in the collection box. Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. For they have given a tiny part of their […]
We recently moved from Dayton, Virginia. In Dayton, there are many Mennonite farms. The Mennonites are wonderful farmers and everywhere you go there are picturesque barns, silos and manicured farmland. Old order Mennonites do not believe in cars. Their mode of transportation to church is horse and buggy. On any given Sunday morning the road […]
Author: Rev. Dr. R. Franklin Gillis, Jr. A story is told about a monastery in the forest that had fallen into disrepair, and its monks aging with no new recruits joining them. The abbot of the monastery had grown desperate, aware that if the old monks all died, that their order would be lost. So, […]
Author: Diana Davis In this roller coaster of anxiety, to hope, to fear, to hope, to just wanting this awful scenario over, I struggled for the right words…my bucket was getting empty. I struggled some days with sadness over what has happened to God’s creations and hoped that something little would happen that would remind […]
Author: Tommy Herndon My mother was a vibrant Registered Nurse and musician but at the age of 59 she began to show signs of dementia. My dad took wonderful care of Mother but the time came when he could no longer give her the care she needed. We got her admitted to the Veteran’s Hospital […]
John 1:14-15 We live in a world where there are many words, but there are times when words are not enough. Such was the case when a funeral service was conducted for a 37 year old woman who died while her husband, children, and parents still lived. Her death was not related to the Covid […]
Author: Dale Dodrill I am a member of Keezletown UMC and became a Lay Speaker in 1973. The first few times, Wade Huffman, a member of our church and seasoned Lay Servant, went with me and served as the Worship Leader. What a blessing this was for me. One spring Sunday morning, I traveled alone […]