This will be my last pastor’s ponderings, since I am completing my retirement on December 10. While I will miss you all, change is something that happens all the time.…
This week has been a swirl of activity around the Aztec Methodist Church. A group of workers have spent time cleaning out rooms that have not been thoroughly cleaned in…
As many of you may have heard by now, The Aztec Unite Methodist Church has voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church. So the question now becomes what are…
Last month I explained that the United Methodist Church’s official position is that the bible is its standard for faith and doctrine, but did not require its members to agree…
We are now in the Advent season when we stress waiting and preparing. We await the coming of Christ and as we wait we do our best to prepare by…
By the time you read this, we will have celebrated All Saints Day in the church. This is a Christian holiday that is celebrated differently in different parts of the…
As I was pondering what to write about this week, I thought about once again raising the idea that the world around us reveals God at work. Then this morning…
I recently read a piece by a 98-year-old retired pastor. He recalled his early days in a small rural Methodist Church (where he was baptized in 1924 at 4 days…
Over the past few years I have heard people lament about how divided we have become in our country. Newscasters have lamented about the good old days when politicians in…
As we approach the Fourth of July Celebration of our country’s Declaration of Independence from Britain, I have heard many people complain about how divided we have become as a…