I would like to invite you to pray, ponder, and share about a really big idea, which we shared first in worship on April 6.

Every year, people ask me about the season of Lent and its special worship services: Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday. As...

In the 1991 movie Hook , a Steven Spielberg spinoff of Peter Pan , Peter Pan’s daughter Maggie tells Captain Hook, “You need a mother...

A friend of mine often responds to “How are you?” with “I’m livin’ the dream.” Sometimes, I’m not sure if he’s being serious or...

As a child, I remember loving the public library’s Summer Reading Program. It was a fun thing to do that we looked forward to each week....

People of Kearney First United Methodist Church: This Easter in worship, we’ve been reading and pondering the resurrection appearances of...

Easter proclaims the bedrock declaration of the Christian faith: Christ is risen! However, each of the post-resurrection texts depends...

“You’re not doing it right!” seems to be a common accusation, either spoken or implied, in houses like mine with more than one child....

“Pastor, how’s the church?” is a question that people of various ages and types of connectedness ask me. My family and friends will ask...

“From ages past no one has heard […of] any God besides you who works for those who wait for him” (Is 64:4). The word Advent means coming,...

Some of us are visual people: we need to see something in order to understand it. That’s a challenge in many areas of our lives

“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Once upon a time, I was thoroughly convinced of the truth of this statement. I don’t know where or...

What does it mean to be human and created in the image of God?

Pastor Matt invites us to the season of Lent.

In this blog post, Pastor Matt Fowler outlines the upcoming sermon series on worry.