In preparation for a retreat in which I am participating this weekend, I had to do a written exercise called “the River of Life.”...

This past weekend my youngest son reminded me (in a sermon!) that occasionally when he was younger and things were not going his way or...

Recently I learned of a powerful metaphor in the diaries of Etty Hillesum. She was a 29 year old Dutch Jew sent to a concentration camp...

Recently I came across a piece of advice from almost 1000 years ago. It is from a great Jewish philosopher and scholar named Maimonides....

Last year I underwent a stress test at the direction of my cardiologist. As you may be aware, this is a controlled test where the...

Community Basketball Court Lighting Project On May 27th, MUMC was awarded with a $3065 grant to retrofit the old broken flourescent...

A number of years ago I saw a bumper sticker on a car that read: “The Bible said it. I believe it. That settles it.” I doubt that Jesus...

Manchaca UMC is creating a new, dynamic, fun team of nursery and childcare workers who will provide a safe, nurturing environment where...

There is an old adage in real estate that says the three most important factors in real estate are “location, location, and location.”...

The Bible basic for today is that the Bible is the inspired word of God. Inspiration is a term which simply means ‘God breathed.’ To see...

One way to think of the Bible is as a library. We have 66 books, numerous human authors, and a variety of literary genres included in the...

So much of what I do on a weekly basis revolves around the Bible. I’d like to believe that it also shapes who I am as a person. So I was...

Check out the basketball court at the back of our west parking lot! A lot of folks in and around Manchaca have grown up playing on that...

I recently attended a webinar on effective ministry during and after the pandemic. I thought the speaker had a very interesting analogy...

I recently read Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s discussion of the ancient rabbinic practice of fasting from speaking. Some rabbis would go for...

This past Sunday I spoke about having the courage to follow your call. For most of us the road to that Courage will begin with the first...

Last Sunday I talked about resilience in the sermon. Most definitions of resilience include both strength and flexibility as keys to...

As you may be aware we are currently in the midst of a sermon series on “The Call to Courage.” Two things motivated me to choose courage...

Our forty third president famously added a word to our language- “misunderesimate.” He may have coined it, but during COVID 19 I have...

As we draw near to the end of our series on doubt, I am hoping that you have realized that doubt is normal and that it usually is not a...