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This just in from a friend who wanted to remain anonymous: City officials of Houston have seen the errors of their ways during the recent hurricane evacuation and have improved the Houston Hurricane Evacuation Plan. Here is the newly developed … Continue reading →

Steve has no been profiled at Locusts & Honey. Go check it out!

This is “Banned Books Week.”  Let’s all take a minute to celebrate that in the good ol’ US of A we don’t ban books!  Why, then, have a “Banned Books Week,” you ask? In honor of freedom of the press and freedom … Continue reading →

If ever you doubted God’s providence, surely you are a believer after the past week! Less than one week after focusing worship on Jesus’ parable of the Talents and what it means to live in the Kingdom of God, we … Continue reading →

Denmark has an offical state church (of the Lutheran variety). One of their leaders (a custodian) decided years ago that he thought reinarnation was part of Christianity so he started teaching it. The other leaders in the church (pastor, bishop, … Continue reading →

I have been occupied hosting evacuees from south Houston since last Thursday night. I will have many thoughts about sbservations from my experiences, but for now, I’ll consider it enough to post these few paragraphs. First United Methodist Church of … Continue reading →

First news on how UM churches have fared in Rita. Susan Buchanan, pastor at Mont Belvieu (east of Houston) has pictures up on the destruction at their church – they lost part of their roof. According to the Beaumont Examiner, … Continue reading →

Blogging on this site has been pretty slow this week. First, I was busy preparing for Sunday’s Charge Conference. More recently I’ve been busy I’ve been busy preparing for Hurricane Rita. We’re 300 miles form the coast, so the major … Continue reading →

Last week Bishop Huie met with leaders from churches all around the Texas Conference in a series of district and bi-district gatherings. She and conference treasurer Elijah Stansell presented an overview of the work of the Strategic Mapping Team, material … Continue reading →

Sunday sermon is now available – It’s Learning From John Wesley: Money. The main text is Matthew 6:19-34, but I start with Ephesians 6:10. The pivot text is Matthew 6:24 – “You cannot serve both God and Money [Mammon].” I … Continue reading →