Pastor’s Blog – Page 5 – Dayspring United Methodist Church

Gratitude

What are you grateful for? Last month we had our annual church conference, which is always an important time to […]

When I was a boy, long before high-rise condos lined its beaches, my family would visit Rocky Point. At low […]

Vincent van Gogh was a P.K. (preacher’s kid) who reckoned he would follow in his father’s footsteps. A missionary stint […]

The Nature of Joy I’m reading a wonderful book called The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, […]

“In the morning, long before dawn, Jesus got up and left the house and went off to a lonely place […]

I love Easter Resurrection Sunday. In fact, it’s my favorite Sunday of the year. I remember as a child, I […]

Most of us still regard the Ten Commandments as providing valuable instructions about how we are to relate to God […]

Do you know where your cell phone charger is right now? Do you pay attention to how long your battery […]

Regarded by some as a misogynistic crank, others maintain that Paul was ahead of his time when it came to […]

Maya Angelou has a chapter in her book Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now on the subject of complaining. […]

I recently made time for a silent retreat. While I wasn’t able to secure a whole day, I managed to […]

Being a parent is one of most incredible and daunting gifts that I have been given in my life. Whether […]

This Madness Must End There is a scene in AMC’s Hell on Wheels, a series set in the 1860s around […]

I have come to deeply appreciate the name of our church and the wisdom of those who were behind its […]

The season of Lent is upon us. The forty-day period before Easter offers Christians pause to reflect on our spirituality […]