Mount Olivet UMC

The extraordinarily ordinary stories in our lives are often overlooked, even forgotten, when sandwiched alongside extraordinarily extraordinary stories. This is the case for Tabitha.

We fail, fail, and fail again. Yet God is always standing by ready to offer us a second chance.

When the world stops turning, the Good News still stands — Christ is risen.

The One who was rejected by the world responded not with rejection in return, but with welcoming and sacrificial love. On Palm Sunday, we welcome the One who was rejected.

When we're given a choice between doing the right thing or...not...we tend to do the latter. But Jesus didn't gather a "perfect" entourage. He's gathering people like me and you.

In this message, we hear the story of the Prodigal Son from a new perspective.

We are sinful and deserve what...sinners deserve. But Jesus is in the business of gathering us into His grace and mercy, cultivating us into people who bear fruit.

What does our scripture passage have to do with mother hens and her chicks? Rev. Paige Ann Miller helps us see the lengths God goes to in order to gather his children for our protection and hope.

Sometimes Christians are known more for saying "no" than we are for saying "yes".

The resurrection is not a moment when we die, but a movement while we live. It is transformative, changing us now, here.