Is Your Church Even Going to be Around by Then?
I am a Provisional Elder in the United Methodist Church. While I was commissioned in 2013, South Carolina only has a two year provisional period, so even though I’m not quite finished with my first...
View ArticleOn Rivers and Deserts and Life, Oh My.
There are few times in my 28 years that I have been speechless. My parents say I came out of the womb talking and I haven’t shut up since. Though I can’t account for my first few years, I have to...
View ArticleFrom Ordinary to Extraordinary
It’s been a while since I’ve posted over here. From launching a worship service at my church to being approved for full ordination in the United Methodist Church, it’s been a busy couple of months!...
View ArticleWhy I’m United Methodist: Radical Hospitality
I was born and raised in the Roman Catholic Church but knew even in high school that it wasn’t the right fit for me. I went off to college and was confronted by so many different expressions of faith....
View ArticleOn Removing the Mask in Lent
When I found my way to the people called Methodists, Ash Wednesday became an incredibly important day for me, as on this holy day six years ago I could finally articulate my calling to ordained...
View ArticleHere, Again.
I attended a conference recently called UMC LEAD — you might recognize the name if you’re a reader of this blog, because I’ve written on the UMC LEAD blog for a few years now. It’s a blog; it’s a...
View ArticleLenten Devotion on Isaiah 58.
I recently shared that one of the reasons my words have been absent from this space is because I’ve been writing a lot of devotions for my church. I cluelessly never put two and two together that I...
View ArticleOn Ashes, Death, and Cherishing the Lenten Journey.
Ash Wednesday has long been a holy day for me. It was a mass my family always attended in my Catholic upbringing. And when I found myself wrestling with this Catholic identity, I attended an Ash...
View ArticleSeeking the Seeker.
Today’s post is a Lenten devotion on Psalm 27. To read more of Clemson UMC’s Lenten devotions and receive them each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, please visit http://clemsonumc.org/lentdevotional/...
View ArticleHeavenly Conversations.
Today’s post is a Lenten devotion on Philippians 3:17-4:1. To read more of Clemson UMC’s Lenten devotions and receive them each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, please visit...
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