Month: July 2016

Last night I had an unusual experience.  My husband and I participated in a night hike on Grandfather Mountain.  After watching the sun set while it was lightening 8 miles away  unfortunately it started raining so the experience had to be adapted. But towards the end we went on a sensory hike, aka walked a trail in … Continue reading Beauty in the Night

My heart is still full from one of the most meaningful experiences I've had in a long time.  Last night our predominantly white Centenary United Methodist Church came to worship together with St. Paul United Methodist Church, who are predominantly African American.  We had folks from United Methodist Churches in the east Winston Salem area … Continue reading Lamenting our Losses, Clinging to our Love

How do you discern that another person has been destined to serve as one of the leaders of the United Methodist Church?  How do you know who would make a good Bishop?  How do you hold the future of the church and its leaders in your hands and remotely feel prepared   to decide whose … Continue reading Picking a Bishop

It's been a glorious week of vacation.  Any vacation for me is typically glorious because I love to travel just about anywhere.  But the past couple of days Greg and I traveled to a place cell signals couldn't find us.  No emails.  No text messages.  No phone calls.  No internet.  No television.  There was a daily … Continue reading Getting Unplugged- Good for the Soul