Last week, I was thinking about going back to the YMCA, months after I stopped because of the problem I experienced earlier in the year, which necessitated the implantation of a pacemaker to regulate ...  Read More

“…Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness [keeping yourself spiritually fit]. For physical training is of some value, but godliness [spiritual training] is of value in everything and in every...  Read More

Scripture: Mark 10:2-16The world around us today feels heavy with grief and turmoil. Just today, Iran launched a ballistic attack on Israel, escalating tensions in an already volatile region. In North...  Read More

Last Tuesday, the nation solemnly remembered the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States, known to all simply as 9/11. On that infamous Tuesday, 2,996 people ranging from age 2½ to ...  Read More

As we hold a moment of silence in observance of the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, let us remember all those who lost their lives when our nation was attack...  Read More

"Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, 'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be opened.'" - Mark 7:34.Jesus' command to "be opened" echoes through time, calling us to open ourselves to God's transformativ...  Read More

Global migration is impacting countries around the world at historic highs.According to the United Methodist Board of Church and Society, there are more than 120 million forcibly displaced people in t...  Read More

“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it.” Prov. 22:6For the past three weeks, the attention of the world was fixated on France and the 2024 Paris Olympics....  Read More

The 2024 Olympics in Paris began on July 26 with a beautiful opening ceremony. Thousands of athletes from across the globe descended in Paris for this event. Athletes trained for several years for an ...  Read More

For the past six weeks, scholars at our Freedom School have constantly asked for food, saying they're hungry. Yet, when meals are provided, much of it ends up in the trash. Why? Because it's not the t...  Read More

Matthew 22:36-4036 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 3...  Read More

Throughout scripture, we are encouraged to give the first part of our resources to God as an expression of honor and gratitude. “Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the first fruits of all ...  Read More