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Happy Thanksgiving
When our family gathers for Thanksgiving, you can be sure there will be a feast! For years, Laura and I along with Ben would go to...

Pastor Paul Harris
Nov 21, 20222 min read


Christ the King/Reign of Christ Sunday
Greetings friends, This Sunday we worship God and recognize a special day in the Christian calendar: The Reign of Christ or Christ the...

Pastor Paul Harris
Nov 18, 20222 min read


Structure of the United Methodist Church
Today the United Methodist Church is a worldwide connection of more than 12 million members in Africa, Asia, Europe and the United...

Kim Carroll
Nov 18, 20223 min read


Our Theological Task: The Wesleyan Quadrilateral
Did you know that it was John Wesley who first penned the phrase “Agree to Disagree”? In a eulogy for his friend, and sometimes...

Kim Carroll
Nov 11, 20223 min read


AMAZING THINGS CAN HAPPEN AT THE DEER LEASE
Hi friends Earlier this week with my Zoom small group Along the Way with Pastor Paul, we studied the miracle of Jesus and the Feeding of...

Pastor Paul Harris
Nov 11, 20222 min read


Means of Grace
United Methodists see faith as inseparable from good works “as love of God is always linked with love of neighbor, a passion for justice,...

Kim Carroll
Nov 4, 20223 min read


Wesleyan Emphasis on Grace
Methodism did not break from the Church of England over theological or doctrinal differences. Our distinctiveness as United Methodists...

Kim Carroll
Oct 28, 20223 min read


Methodism Comes to America
Members of Methodist societies from England and Ireland traveled to America and formed new Methodist groups in Maryland, New York and...

Kim Carroll
Oct 18, 20223 min read


Methodism and Social Reform in England
Soon after the Aldersgate experience, where John Wesley’s heart was strangely warmed, he began preaching in the fields to those who did...

Kim Carroll
Oct 13, 20222 min read


Our Methodist Roots
The founder of the Methodist Movement, John Wesley, was born in 1703 to Samuel and Susanna Wesley, in Epworth, where his father was...

Kim Carroll
Oct 7, 20223 min read


ON OUR BETTER DAYS
... we live into our faithfulness and God provides the fruitfulness... in our lives, in our relationships, in our ministries, in all that...

Pastor Paul Harris
Sep 30, 20222 min read


A Change of Seasons, Please!
I like to follow the Facebook Group called Maine Fall Foliage. Recent photos shared in that social media group indicate that the leaf...

Pastor Paul Harris
Sep 22, 20222 min read


EVERLASTING
A few years ago, one of my friends in a congregation captured some of the words of one of my sermons and wrote them down in this graphic....

Pastor Paul Harris
Sep 16, 20221 min read


STABILITY
For 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II provided the British Commonwealth with what it needed most - stability. With the longest tenure as...

Pastor Paul Harris
Sep 9, 20221 min read


Coffee With Pastor
Hi friends, Sunday mornings at Manchaca UMC during the month of September, Pastor Paul will be at the Coffee Cafe area ready to Welcome...

Pastor Paul Harris
Sep 2, 20221 min read


New Every Morning
One of my favorite memories of an experience of God’s presence and God’s Creation glory is captured in this photograph. It was a family...

Pastor Paul Harris
Aug 26, 20221 min read


TRAILRIDERS WALL
In the Pecos Wilderness east of Santa Fe, New Mexico there is a very special place. I have probably written numerous posts before about...

Pastor Paul Harris
Aug 18, 20223 min read


What Are You Reading?
You may be wondering what the new lead pastor at Manchaca UMC is reading? In addition to several spiritual formation and spiritual...

Pastor Paul Harris
Aug 12, 20222 min read


LET IT ROLL
You have heard me say this before! We had a great time with my brother’s family this summer. On the GrandCampers bowling outing, the...

Pastor Paul Harris
Aug 5, 20222 min read


A Labyrinth Experience
Hi friends, I find myself wandering this week in and among the sacred spaces of a new appointment in the United Methodist itinerancy....

Pastor Paul Harris
Jul 29, 20222 min read
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