Some of us remember when Maxwell House Coffee used “Good to the last drop” as their tag line on their cans of coffee.  I never drank coffee (and still don’t), and yet I remember this line.   It seems to me that another way to express it is to say “Good to the end.”  There are [...]

   George Barna, in his book entitled Seven Faith Tribes, describes the crisis our country is in at the present time and why.  He points out that one of the problems we face today is the loss of civility.  We categorize and vilify those with whom we disagree.  We also tend to be a nation [...]

Here is a great parable that I received several years ago.  I do not know who wrote it, but it expresses what happens to many churches who forget what their purpose is.  It should be a reminder to all of us regarding our calling.

   On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a [...]

We United Methodists have a lot of things going for us—not the least of which is name recognition.  Garrison Keillor put the following humorous description together.

You will know you are Methodist when:

It’s 100 degrees, with 90% humidity, and you still have coffee after the service.
You hear something funny during the sermon and smile as loudly [...]

   I am aware of the generosity of so many people—people who step forward when disasters strike.  I am also aware of the dark side of humanity.  A new term has entered my vocabulary this morning:  “internet trolls.”  If you are not familiar with the term, it refers to persons who scan the internet looking [...]

   “1For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven . . .” so begins the third chapter of Ecclesiastes.  We understand seasons—right now we are in the season of “March Madness.”  I am looking forward to Friday which is my day off because there will be “wall-to-wall” college basketball [...]

“1In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. 3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good; and God [...]

    “He who laughs last, laughs best” is an old saying that many of us have heard.  Here’s what I found out about that proverb:

   The tabloids are full of “Tiger Woods” stories these days—of course, so are the mainstream newspapers and television news programs.  The jury is still out as to whether or not the public will accept his apology issued during his tightly controlled press conference.  The word that stuck out in my mind as I listened [...]

The nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” has some interesting lines in it.  They read like this:

Ring around the rosey,
A pocketful of posies.
ashes, ashes.
We all fall down.