– Kim R. Smith, Sound District Lay Leader Distractions are everywhere during this time of year. Our calendars are full, and we seem to be running from one place […]
– Rev. Lynn Benson, Director of Legacy Giving, UMF (to the tune of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas) Have yourself a frugal little Christmas,Put your credit cards away.Next year you’ll be […]
The Word became flesh and blood,and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes,the one–of–a–kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from […]
“Tell me a story.” How many times has a child, grandchild, niece, nephew, etc. pleaded with you to do this? North Carolina’s storyteller laureate, Donald Davis, reminds us that: “in […]
– Kim R. Smith, Sound District Lay Leader This past week I ended a twenty-year tenure with the school board. I also watched the denomination I love splinter. Letting […]
– Rev. Joyce Dye – Pastor of Congregational Care, St. James UMC It’s a hard time in The United Methodist Church right now. Break-ups are rarely easy. Many of us […]
The sounds of a long-overdue afternoon rain shower through the screen door had lulled me off to a really glorious nap. Rain dancing on a tin roof sends me […]