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As strange as it may seem, military metaphors are very common among Christians. Even though they follow the one who said, “Blessed are the peacemakers,” the Christian vocabulary includes terms like “spiritual warfare” and “prayer...

“The woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth’” (1 Kings 17:24). Why did Jesus heal people? The quick answer is, “Because they were sick,” but we can’t begin...

“We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope” (Romans 5:3-4). So suffering and difficulty give us the ability to endure, but is that all there is? Do we...

Got questions? Doesn't everyone? Got questions about the church, about faith, about Jesus? Join us this summer at First United Methodist Church as we tackle some of the hard questions people ask! June 20 - What do Christians believe about divorce?...

Last Thursday began the annual celebration of Global Day of Prayer. Global Day of Prayer began 10 years ago on Pentecost Sunday in Cape Town, South Africa with just one area participating. The vision was to gather believers from all Christian...

“On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there” (Acts 16:13). Today is the National Day of Prayer in the United States,...

Pastors come and go in churches- normal church going people have probably had many people they have called pastor in their lifetime. It goes with the territory. The position of pastor has a level of respect from those that attend a church or religous...

Sorry about not being able to post last night. We were having power issues here at the house and needed to power pretty much everything except for our well pump. Life in Haiti... I'm now posting on Friday morning. I'm trying to recapture all the...

Uh-oh...I've got no photos for today. Sorry folks! Hopefully we'll have some to post tomorrow.We continue to meld together as a team, despite the fact that we really only spend the evenings together. It's been great to see and hear people sharing...

On Pine Meadow road in small Northfield Mass where I grew up there was an older gentleman who was my neighbor. His name was Clarence and he was born in 1900. He also grew rhubarb. Many times over the course of my childhood my family would go visit...