Devotion

My grandmother – my mother’s mother – was one of a kind. She played the organ at Leesburg United Methodist Church for more than 40 years. Her idea of a good time for us boys was to stand around the piano and sing hymns while she played. To this day, I think I know almost […]

If we learned nothing else from the recently-held Called General Conference in the United Methodist Church, it is this: that we have been, and remain divided over the issue of human sexuality. Since 1972, it has come up at every General Conference. It would seem that no matter how long we debate, a clear path […]

A group of prison inmates were given a rare treat of an open visit with their families. Some hadn’t seen their children in years. Instead of talking through a glass panel, they could touch and hold their loved ones. The tears flowed freely as families grew closer and wounds began to heal. For some readers, […]

At age 70, Bob Langley is somewhat of a local hero in the Atlanta area. After losing his wife to lung cancer in 1992, Bob decided to make a difference to those fighting the disease. He began volunteering with Road to Recovery, a service organization that provides transportation to cancer patients to and from treatment […]

Have you ever been totally upset or mad at someone and later discover that they’re a pretty good person and that you really like them Reconciliation is a beautiful thing. The Apostle Paul pointed followers of Jesus toward reconciliation when he wrote, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of […]

Are you happy with the way you look? A college professor didn’t recognize one of his students on a trip. In the classroom, she had concealed six-inch heels under her pants legs, but on the field trip, she was wearing walking boots and was less than five feet tall. “My heels are how I want […]

Have you heard of Oral Roberts? It doesn’t matter what you think of him, but when you look at his life, he practiced the principle of sowing and reaping. He said, “My tithe is not something I owe, but a seed I sow.” We have a problem in our world today. We have overlooked or […]

“No one can go back and start a new beginning, but everyone can start today and make a new ending.” The author of this phrase is unknown, but it’s a wonderful place for us to begin in this new year. We can’t start over, but we can begin right where we are, making things better […]

As we face a New Year, many things cause us to “fear” and be “worried.” The stock market is dropping. Troops are coming home, and some think it’s the wrong move. Immigration seems to be in total chaos. The United Methodist Church is having a called General Conference, and no one knows what effect that […]

It’s Christmas time and we get so busy with the cooking, the decorating and shopping that we forget why we’re doing all of this in the first place. Sometimes, the people we love the most are lost in the hustle and packed schedules. Paul’s words in I Corinthians 13 are the most read passages in […]