Observations from a “Town Hall”
By Tom Lambrecht - The coronavirus pandemic has caused a lot of disruption in our lives, in how our country functions, and in how our churches function, as well. Nowhere was that in greater evidence than in a May 5th "Town Hall" meeting held online by Mainstream UMC,...
Grateful for Care-givers
We are so thankful for the amazing care-givers and first-responders who have stepped into the spotlight during this COVID-19 pandemic. Angela Gleaves, a nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, posted this uplifting photo on Facebook amid...
Archive: Is Christianity Hard or Easy?
C. S. Lewis answers the question ... Archive: Is Christianity Hard or Easy? Reproduced from Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis ©1964, The Macmillan Company, New York Used with permission We were considering the Christian idea of "putting on Christ," or first...
Archive: Rõõmsad Teated! Good News in Estonia
Archive: Rõõmsad Teated! Good News in Estonia by Mark Elliott, Associate Professor of History, Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky A college professor discovers a thriving Methodist congregation—and Good News supporters—behind the Iron Curtain. How often do you get to...
Archive: Everyone Walked Past Him
Archive: Everyone Walked Past Him a true story as told to Alan Cliburn, Van Nuys, California It would have been easy to ignore him. Everyone else had walked right past, perhaps pretending that he didn't exist, but I had seen him sitting there on the sidewalk when we...
Archive: When You Set Out the Fleece
Archive: When You Set Out the Fleece Some helpful thoughts about discovering God's will. by Ivan L. Zabilka, Columbia, Missouri Finding the "Will of God " perplexes many Christians as they face the complexities of modern life. Among the many methods Christians use to...
Archive: Why It Rained on the Day of the Sunday School Picnic
Archive: Why It Rained on the Day of the Sunday School Picnic Another chapter in the history of the Hackelburg Sunday School[1] by Riley Case, Pastor, Hobart Trinity United Methodist Church, Hobart, Indiana Herbert, the irreverent angel, feels an explanation is...
Archive: Financial Bondage—The Deadly Trap
Often Satan snares Christians in Archive: Financial Bondage—The Deadly Trap By Larry Burkett Reprinted from his book, "Your Finances in Changing Times" ©Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc., 1975. Part II It is important for a Christian to be able to recognize financial...


