This past week, I attended a benefit for the Methodist Home for Children. As often happens, people kept asking me why my husband wasn’t with me. I get that […]
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SOUNDS with Jackie and Roxie: Giving – Have To vs Get To?
Give grudgingly or of necessity? I am quite familiar with this concept. At least, when we speak of giving time. As a young mother of 4 daughters, I often got […]
How Sweet the Sound: Why I am United Methodist Reflection
Recently, I came across this piece, “Why I Am A United Methodist,” which was shared by Blake Lasater, a United Methodist pastor from Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He articulates so much […]
SOUNDS with Jackie and Roxie: 05.11.2022
“Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God.” 2 Corinthians 9:13 As pulled out of the driveway, I noticed white feathers strewn across on […]
Nurture – A Message from Lay Leader Kim R. Smith
When we purchased our home 30 years ago, our street had no record of ever having been flooded. In the past five… maybe six years, it has been under […]
Grace for the Journey: The Grace of Poverty
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God” (Luke 6:20b). “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). […]
In Faith & Friendship: April
Rev. Lynn Benson – Director of Legacy Giving, UMF Woo-hoo!!! April is Financial Literacy Month. Okay, maybe you don’t get as excited as I do about this nationally recognized event, […]
SOUNDS with Jackie and Roxie: 04.27.2022
“Let us acknowledge the Lord, let us press on the acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, […]
SOUNDS with Jackie and Roxie: 04.13.2022
“Be hospitable to one another… minister to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” – 1 Peter 4: 9-10 NKJV A word that keeping appearing in my readings recently […]