Faith Stories: An Ordinary United Methodist I am fascinated when I listen to friends in the Sojourners Sunday School class tell how their lives were changed when they discovered religion
Faith Stories: Virgin Birth … Really?
Faith Stories: Virgin Birth … Really? Miracles like the supposed virgin birth make me feel lost on my faith journey. My friend Marilyn says that she believes in the virgin
Faith Stories: The Parable of the Sower
Faith Stories: The Parable of the Sower When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: “A sower went out
Faith Stories: A Day with the Saints
Faith Stories: A Day with the Saints To be honest, it was my initial intent to give glory to God for 19 years of marriage to Paul through the November
Faith Stories: The Walk
Faith Stories: The Walk Faith Stories – The Walk – Tom Burch from St. John’s UMC Baton Rouge on Vimeo.
Faith Stories: Walking This Path Together
Faith Stories: Walking This Path Together As I think about this Walk that we are on, our capital campaign and the two-phase building project, I am grateful for our St.
Faith Stories: Help My Unbelief
Faith Stories: Help My Unbelief The Walk! Something we have been hearing about for some time around St. John’s. We should all have a pretty good understanding of what it is
Faith Stories: Impermanence Becomes Permanent
Faith Stories: Impermanence Becomes Permanent It’s amazing how quickly a sense of impermanence can become permanent. Without being too cryptic, all this means is that one can be in this
Faith Stories: Be Appropriate and Be Prepared
Faith Stories: Be Appropriate and Be Prepared I remember learning the importance of “being prepared” back in the second grade. We only had two rules that year. 1) Be appropriate
Faith Stories: Putting God First in Giving & Living
Faith Stories: Putting God First in Giving & Living Stewardship: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care St. John’s community, God has given us the responsibility