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Pilgrimage or Bust...

7/24/2016

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Recently I attended a retreat for the Methodist Ministry Inquiry Process with twenty-one other candidates who are seeking to answer a call into ministry. We have identified that God is calling us into some sort of ministry in the Methodist denomination. The theme of the retreat was called Pilgrimage, which encouraged us to spend time on a spiritual pilgrimage to discern how we officially will serve in the church. So throughout our time together, whether in worship and/or mentoring sessions, we discussed where God might be leading us into a call of ordained or local ministry. These “call” stories are generally not as clear-cut as one would think.  Sometimes, if there is no clear and concise direction from God, these moments can be a bit frustrating in their ambiguity. There is always a tendency for me to think I am the only person who does not have a clear vision of what God is calling me to do. However, there were a number of candidates who, like me, were still trying to figure out where we thought God was leading us into ministry. Actually that is ok because it means we are open to where God is leading us. But a spiritual pilgrimage? How does one go about doing that?


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Pieces...

2/29/2016

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Recently on American Idol, Kelly Clarkson performed her new song “Piece by Piece,”* which describes a little girl watching her father walking away from a relationship with her. Towards the end of her performance, Clarkson became quite emotional, which touched the lives of the audience and many of the viewers watching the televised show. Her story resonates with the lives of many of her listeners as they too have watched a parent walk away leaving them with feelings of unworthiness and confusion.


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Meeting on the Bench...

2/15/2016

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Recently I saw a post on Facebook that pictured an empty park bench with the question, “if you could sit on the bench with someone and have a conversation, who would it be?” In my mind, I went through a list of people including my mom; world leaders, prophets, presidents and celebrities but I didn’t choose any of them. As a Christian, I suppose the obvious answer should be Jesus or God but I don’t like being that predictable, however fascinating they would be. In the end, I would like to sit and have a conversation with the Samaritan woman from the Gospel of John. I think she is fascinating.


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Do You Love Yourself As Much As You Love Others?

1/11/2016

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Throughout my life I have tried to live into the biblical text to,  ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:31) The Old and New Testaments indicate the importance of the loving God first then love our neighbor as we love ourselves. I have read this text so many times that it has become an automatic response when I see injustice and/or prejudices. Until now, I haven’t really stopped to think about what God is actually requiring us to do.


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Abundant Life

10/26/2015

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What does it mean to live in abundance? Does it mean to live in prosperity when God blesses our pocketbook? Maybe… No doubt money or wealth can be used for good but is that really what the Apostle Paul is addressing in 2 Cor. 9:6-9? Verse 8 states; “God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, SO THAT by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.” 

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