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April 29, 2024  Dear Grace Church community,  The General Conference of the United Methodist Church began last Tuesday, with many prayers across the denomination for this long-anticipated meeting. Over the […]

Fear and love cannot co-exist. I shared that with you straight out of the gate, so let me say that again. Fear and love cannot co-exist. I wouldn’t go so

Shepherding is one of humankind’s earliest occupations. And shepherding is mentioned early in the Bible, when Adam and Eve’s second son, Abel, is described as a “keeper of sheep,” those

I was 4 years old when my parents realized I was deaf in my right ear. They had sensed something was wrong, because my speech wasn’t developing properly and often,

In the old city of Jerusalem, you’ll find the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the most holy site in all of Christianity. It’s a large church and was rebuilt many

Christ is Risen! May God’s great Alleluia resound deeply in your heart. May the power of God, which brought Christ forth from the tomb, overflow in your life. May the

The heart is a curious thing. Located right here in the center of the chest, beating roughly 100,000 times each day, pumping 2,000 gallons of blood in that same day,

Psalm 19 and Matthew 16:13-20 Remember the trend, several decades ago, of creating posters that displayed a variety of doors from a particular city? When Chris and I first married,

The struggles we face daily can often seem overwhelming. Every one of us knows what it feels like to be thrown off-balance, to experience the sinking feeling Peter felt when

Mary decided to read the Bible in a new way. She had studied scripture as a biblical scholar. She had been a person of faith, and a faithful church member,