There’s a cool breeze today. Our temperatures are warming. A familiar feeling is pulsing spring following winter in our northern seasonal dance between these annual partners who are doing their tango. No more heavy coats. No more fear that underdressed kids will freeze on their way to school. Snowflakes drifting earthward have ended until next Read More
Posts by Green Oak Free Methodist Church
A Brittle World
These are pondering days, the late winter days. We’ve had a taste of spring. It was good. But now the snow is falling and I’ve got time to think. So I’m thinking a lot these days about this widening rift in our society. The one we can clearly see in each party and between our Read More
Overwhelmingly Blessed
Hey! It’s a lovely time of the year. There’s so much around us. The eyes can feast on the fall leaves. Our mouths can water up on apple cider and doughnuts and so much more. All around us in farm country, folks are hauling in the harvest, which is many times over what they planted. Read More
JESUS CAN SUCCESSFULLY HELP YOU
In John there is this story about Jesus resting at the well of Sychar. A woman comes up the path from the city at this time. by herself, carrying her water jar, just wanting to get it done. Jesus and her start a conversation. But we don’t know her name. We don’t know it. It’s Read More
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
It’s hard to say but what the Bible says about our nature is empirically proven by our behavior. In Genesis it speaks of the first man and woman choosing their way of following a command over the original meaning given to them by their Creator. They looked at what they were told they should not Read More
A Common Cry
When it comes an antithesis of a thesis we always find dissent. The desire to oppose for opposition’s sake is our current poison of choice when we argue. My view is orthodox, yours is heretical. Mine is right, yours is wrong. This is always self-revelation and it’s the reason why many people of similar views Read More
What Are You Looking For?
Late February is a wonderful time of the year. The sun shines warmer as the month progresses. There are fewer storms. But when it does…whew! Sunrises or sunsets are all the more glorious against those gloriously winter blue skies. If we have snow it’s crusty. And crusty snow is a sledding paradise. What’s not to Read More
A Different Approach to Love
February 14th. Valentine’s Day. It’s a day to celebrate love. Elementary school children will have cupcakes with pink frosting at the end of the school day party and they will be sporting a heart-shaped candy heart with the message “be my valentine” on top. Flowers will be bought on the way home by older Valentine Read More