With longer days and warmer temperatures, garden time is right around the corner. Some of our neighbors mowed their yard this past week. And soon enough, those determined plants we don't want growing near our flowers and vegetables show up with persistence. Jesus once...
We've all been or felt judged at some point. Judged is a common circumstance for the vast majority. And depending on our level of healthy self-esteem, some of us feel under constant judgment. Judgment is also a frequent topic in scripture. The word judgment appears...
It’s Easter Sunday and John’s story, told in the first person by the Living Bible, is the appropriate text for ending our study of Revelation. Together with the Lord’s description of the New Jerusalem found in Isaiah, we’re ready to move on. That is, move back to the...
Beginning the Sunday after Easter we begin a new series titled The Alternative. Our series is based primarily on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount where Jesus offers us a better way forward. The teachings of Jesus was commonly known as the Way, acknowledging that following...
Each year on the Sunday before Easter, we celebrate and remember Jesus entering Jerusalem with palm branches. This tradition got its start sometime around the 4th century of the common era when the Roman Emperor Constantine declared Christianity the official religion...
A blogger was stealing content from author Vanessa Van Edwards and posting her work on their own blog. “I wanted to rain farts upon his brand,” she writes, “I wanted retribution.” Regardless of whether the offense is stealing our ideas or scratching the door of our...
Last Sunday, we looked ahead to the finale, Armageddon. This Sunday, Pastor Kimberly Metzer, of Open Door UMC, will look back at John’s vision that God revealed of divine peace, the heavenly throne room. John’s vision of saints dressed in the color of victory...
I’m a big fan of watching how-too YouTube videos that I usually find after asking Google search a how-to question. In preparing for this week’s message on Revelation, I found another source that I haven’t used before. The site is called wikiHow. The platform’s mission...
We have only one chapter from our companion book this week. And our author is still laying out the groundwork for understanding Revelation. Meanwhile, our series is already moving onto the actual text, jumping into the four horsemen and not waiting. The Reverend Naylo...
When I’m working on a platform, I’m careful not to work too close to the edges. The higher the platform, the greater the danger. The smaller the surface, the larger the risk of stepping off an edge. Living on the edge, the margins, is an uncomfortable dwelling place....