Radical hospitality was an expectation in Biblical times. Generous welcome and care for the stranger often was the difference between life and death. Just because we don’t live in the desert doesn’t mean we don’t need to give or receive the same kind of care.

Today’s scripture gives us a lesson on what it means to be unafraid in the face of the unknown.

The Creation account is more than it seems.

It’s Pentecost, baby!

Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi - Or, in other words, y’all: If we talk the talk, we gotta walk the walk and MEAN IT

A little reflection on this Sunday morning. How does this moment in Acts speak to the church today?

Peter’s faith in Jesus is the foundation of the church. A strong enough foundation that here we are, over 2000 years later, still standing upon it. Our foundation is our faith in Christ and who we say he is. Or is it?

It’s time to leave the gatekeeping behind, friends. The truth is, we (Mainline Protestants and for SURE New England Methodists) as a community are declining not because people have fallen out of love with God but because people have fallen out of love with CHURCH.

A special message on Native American Ministries Sunday. Hear guest preacher Mr. Todd Warfield, member of the Abenaki tribe, on Acts and reorienting ourselves daily.

It’s still Eastertide, friends! 1 Peter 1:3-9 speaks not just to the early church but to us in our time as well.