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March 2026

March 26, 2026

Spiritual Observations on Deep Love

What does it mean to love deeply? I have noticed lately that civility seems to...

February 2026

February 08, 2026

Stop Pretending, Start Living

Miller’s Station UMC February 8, 2026 Anchor verses: Micah 6:8 Isaiah 58:1-12 As we get...

January 2026

January 18, 2026

The Church’s Role in Troubling Times

The human body is a perpetual, moving machine that never stops even when it is...

December 2025

December 28, 2025

The Garments of Grace and the God who Finds Us

What We Wear Shapes How We Live There is an old sailing term that goes...

December 21, 2025

Advent Week 4 A (Another) Reflection on Love

Miller’s Station UMC 12/21/25 Anchor Verse – Luke 6:35 (27-35) Love This week as we...

November 2025

November 12, 2025

A Love Centered Holiday Season

Introduction In this first post for the week, I will be exploring the depths of...

August 2025

August 24, 2025

God’s Profound Care – Known, Protected, and Provided For

God's Profound Care - Known, Protected, and Provided For Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6, 9,...

July 2025

July 03, 2025

Love Will Set You Free

Tomorrow America will engage in their narcissistic celebration of themselves, a spectacle of self-adulation often...

February 2025

February 12, 2025

How We Love: Embracing Christ’s Agapic and Kenotic Love

Cultivating Right Relationships Once again, we find ourselves celebrating the romantic holiday of Valentines' Day....

January 2025

January 10, 2025

Reconnecting when Feeling Spiritually Lost

A theme I have been playing around with in 2024 was the theme of loneliness....

December 2024

December 21, 2024

Advent Week 4 A (Another) Reflection on Love

“Crazy Train” I was training on my spin bike this afternoon thinking about this post...

November 2024

November 14, 2024

How Do Disappointment and Loss Teach Us Spiritually?

Psalm 82:3 tells us to defend the poor and the orphan. This has been my...

November 10, 2024

When Love Dies for Us

In my discernment a couple of weeks back, Romans 5:1-8 came to mind. I am...

June 2024

June 07, 2024

What Defines Our Humanity?

What Shapes Our Humanity? What shapes our humanity? I was having a conversation the other...

April 2024

April 07, 2024

Who We Can Love

You Can't Say That When I was attempting to be a pastor in several Protestant...

March 2024

March 03, 2024

On Hospitality

Chapter 53: The Reception of Guests The Rule of Saint Benedict is quite clear when...

February 2024

February 25, 2024

The Spiritual Practice of You: Chronic Conditions

A Long-Distance Runner with Long Covid I went for a 12-mile trail run today. It...

February 14, 2024

Clanging Cymbals and Thrashing Gongs: Thoughts on Love

There are nine types of love according to the Greeks: Philia, Pragma, Storge, Eros, Ludus,...

January 2024

January 27, 2024

Visions of Hell

“Go to Hell” is common parlance when one is disgusted with another’s behaviors. In our...