I attended a gathering last night with persons from other churches and nonprofits to talk about community organizing. A persons with knowledge and experience led our discussion who traveled from Minneapolis and works for the Lutheran denomination in Chicago. I enjoy...
Reflections
Choose Life by Connecting
Yesterday, Sunday, we began our new worship series titled Leading Causes of Life. We are using a template designed by Marcia McFey from WorshipDesignStudio.com. This series is based on a book by the same name which I have written about in earlier posts. Our first...
What does the Lord require?
How often have we heard these famous words of the prophet in Micah 6:8: “He has told you, human one, what is good and what the Lord requires from you: to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.” This text is at the center of our Covenant...
SPIRITUAL GROWTH? Can It Be Measured?
A Post of an article written by a good friend of Asbury: I truly enjoy going to Workshops and Retreats, Annual Conference and my first time at the United Methodist Women's North Central Jurisdictional Quadrennial Conference recently. I love to hear the speakers, the...
Life-long Learning
One of my most treasured divine blessings is that I am a "life-long learner." I long ago was able to put aside the obvious statement of fact that this also means that I still have a lot to learn. I am ok with sharing my deficit that I am not the "sharpest knife in the...
Leading Causes of Life
I began another book this morning as I prepare for our next worship series at Asbury titled The Leading Causes of Life. This series from Marcia McFee (WorshipDesignStudio.com) is based on a book by the same name. I stopped reading and began writing when I came across...
Gatekeepers
During our last Annual Conference I could not get over feeling as though ministry had emerged over time to mean going to meetings to talk about the need to do ministry - or something like that. Over six decades of life I will admit that sometime ago I came to the...
Love the One You’re With
I read a reflection written by Mandy Hackland a writer living in Johannesburgh, South Africa, this morning. Her reflection was on the text in Luke 12 where Jesus says: "Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each...
Taking it to the Streets
We will be preparing the sites for our orchard and gardens on Thursday and Friday, May 19-20 and on Saturday, May 21, 2016 volunteers from all over Michigan will come to Asbury and several other sites around Flint and Owosso to giveaway food and water, clean up trash...