The Baptism of Jesus It’s just confusing. We all know the story of John the Baptist, and we know the story of Jesus and we even know the point where the two stories intercept. And that’s where it gets confusing. There are two things we know that seem to muddy the water, so to speak. …
Good Bye Mrs. T
The other day I attended the funeral of a lady I had known for over forty years. During my teen years,Mary Thomas was the mother of my best friend and my second mom. I am sure that there were times that I was at the Thomas house more than I was at the Guptill house. …
The Nature of Holiness
The nature of Holiness If there is one concept in the bible that seems to be foreign to us in 2016, almost to the point of incomprehensible is the concept of sacrifice. Not the concept of making sacrifices for something or someone, we all do that on a fairly regular basis. As parents we make…
What about the Ponies?
I saw a headline awhile back that said, “The Global eradication of Polio” and my first thought was, “I didn’t know there was a movement to eradiation Polo. Maybe it has something to do with the way they treat the ponies.” Seriously, I am not making this up. And then I realized the article was…
Enough with the Selfies
Enough with the selfies. And you thought that selfies were harmless. When selfies first came out I thought taking pictures of yourself with a cell phone was a passing fad. But no, it seems that they are here to stay. All kinds of people are taking pictures of themselves, from the famous to the unknown. …
The Blame Game
Selfies are nothing new and certainly nothing out of the ordinary. But what about a selfie taken at 182 Kilometers per hour? Last summer, Christal McGee of Georgia was involved in an accident while taking a selfie using the Snapchat speed filter, which posts your speed in your selfie. While trying to drive and take…
Mother’s Day
The Way of Holiness
For far too many people when they think about a life of walking in obedience to God that would be how they would picture it, a monotonous, dreary forced march. Nothing pleasurable about it, but if you want to get to heaven, it’s the way you have to go. All the colour and all the…
Who are you?
They want to know who we are and they aren’t content to simply asking Google or Facebook they are asking, or telling, us to give them the details. Did you take the time to fill out your census form this past week? Ours was relatively short, thus why it was called the short form &…
Kinfolk
--> --> I love the history of the Wesleyan church. Born out of the abolitionist movement of the early 1800’s, our founders saw a distinct connection between holiness and social justice. That desire for equality and justice carried over into the suffragette and women’s rights movement and continues today as Wesleyans around fight the battle…