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
Faith Stories: Patience
Faith Stories: Patience Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on negative annoyance/anger or exhibiting
Faith Stories: Sharing Faith Truthfully in Community
Faith Stories: Sharing Faith Truthfully in Community Faith stories are often moving and endearing. I have such stories myself, but this is not one of them. Bill and I have
Faith Stories: Faith Journey
Faith Stories: Faith Journey Isaiah 43: 1-2a “But now says the Lord – the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: Don’t fear, for I have
Faith Stories: GO ON
Faith Stories: GO ON Mike and I had the privilege to attend Youth 2015 with our St. John’s Youth along with 4,500 other youth in late June. Wow, what a
Faith Stories: The Wesley Awards
Faith Stories: The Wesley Awards In April I was asked by the leadership of the Annual Conference to help with judging the applications for the annual Wesley’s, presented at Annual Conference on
Faith Stories: Swaddled in God’s Arms
Faith Stories: Swaddled in God’s Arms Ever since the request went out to tell of our faith journey with St. John’s, I have been trying to figure out how to
Faith Stories: God Works in Mysterious Ways
Faith Stories: God Works in Mysterious Ways My second faith story related to my prayer shawl ministry reveals to me that many times God works in mysterious ways. (Read Saroj’s