In a post on pairedlife.com, Jeannie Marie writes that while social media has done a lot to help couples find that special someone, the "relationship status" option found on Facebook adds unnecessary drama and complication to dating. In her article, Jeannie navigates...
Stairway to Heaven became the most requested song on the radio during the decade that I graduated from college and moved to Michigan. I was already a fan of Led Zeppelin after their first album. And an even bigger fan of poetry. The original songwriter, Robert Plant,...
“I’ll get that fixed in a jiffy,” the plumber said. “That’s great,” I replied, “I can’t afford to pay for a big project.” Little did we know that a corroded water line was about to break just beyond our view. So how long is a jiffy? I’ve learned to respond to requests...
Cyndi plans to sing one of my favorite tributes for our Easter Sunday celebration that is more often associated with Good Friday. The song is titled Via Dolorosa. The song title comes from Latin and is literally translated as "sorrowful road." The song refers to the...
In Psalm 13 we find questions that everyone feels at times. “How much longer will you forget me, Lord? Forever? How much longer will you hide yourself from me? How long must I endure trouble? How long will sorrow fill my heart day and night? How long will my enemies...
Each year on the Sunday before Easter, we celebrate the time that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. It's a rather strange custom from a distance. At Asbury, along with other churches, we place orders for loads of palm branches that we use for decorations and hand...
Most mornings, my breakfast includes two pieces of veggie bacon. Ordinarily, I avoid foods created in a laboratory rather than grown in their natural habitat. However, in this case, there is the slightest hint of a taste that offers fond, albeit redacted, memories....
This past week, our non-profit submitted a proposal for funding to the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. Our proposal requested funding to support the purchase and renovation of a building to house a program we hope will help reduce food insecurity among Flint...
I love mornings. I refer to mornings as my holy time. For me, mornings are spent with God. One of my favorite activities is writing in my prayer journal. I'm very much a visual learner, and seeing words makes them come more alive to me than hearing them. This is my...
We’re blessed to have the Reverend Jeremy Peters of Court Street United Methodist Church offering our teaching for this Sunday. This article is a brief summary of the scripture that Pastor Jeremy plans to address and not necessarily a summary of the actual content. Be...