Healing Hands: Bring Life Mark 5:24-34 Text: 24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting… Continue reading Sermon Notes: Mark 5:24-34
Author: Ken Corder
My self-guided tour of New Chapel United Methodist Church
Yesterday evening, I took a self-guided tour of New Chapel Church. I obtained a key from the departing pastor the day before and was eager to wander through the building with no particular agenda, except to experience this historic building absent the bustle and noise that will fill it this coming Sunday. I intentionally turned… Continue reading My self-guided tour of New Chapel United Methodist Church
The front-porch church
My childhood home did not have much of a front porch. It was maybe six by eight feet. Not big enough to turn my tricycle on, I do remember that. The home was built in 1972 in a new subdivision in Clay County, Indiana called Pioneer Village and reflected an incipient and unfortunate trend in… Continue reading The front-porch church
Backing away from the selfie cliff
Earlier this month, a young man “mucking around” as a tourist in western Australia fell 40 meters to his death while running and jumping on rocks along high cliffs taking selfies. His friend said of him, “It was like his hobby to take pictures [of himself] in each and every moment.” Deaths by selfie are on the… Continue reading Backing away from the selfie cliff
Nothing says Jesus like an angry driver with a fish symbol
The late George Carlin, ever the keen observer and interpreter of human misbehavior, asked, “Why is it that everyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and everyone who drives faster than you is crazy?” There have always been crazy drivers on our roads. He among us who has not exceeded the speed limit… Continue reading Nothing says Jesus like an angry driver with a fish symbol
Where two or three are gathered: In defense of smallness
A phrase is ascribed to Jesus in Matthew 18:20, in which he says, “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them” (KJV). Most often when I hear this verse quoted, people use it to lament low attendance or participation. They are actually saying, “We’d like… Continue reading Where two or three are gathered: In defense of smallness