The Mundane and the Monumental: Clinging to Easter Sunday on Monday Morning
By: Sherri Gragg Six days before Easter morning, I found myself lying at the bottom of a …
A Pastor Finds Strength and Grace to Lead Through Community Crises
By Dr. Cindy Ryan, associate pastor, First United Methodist Church Our senior pastor, my friend and colleague Ken Diehm, died suddenly in February 2011. Our …
A Family’s Journey Through Addiction
Finding Hope One Day at a Time After both going through divorces, Steve and I, former high school classmates, reconnected. We’ve been married for twenty-seven …
One Church’s “Jesus Calling” Story
Sometimes the best view comes when looking backward. I am a pastor in a 2,800-member Methodist church in Texas. Like most pastors, my days …