Author Archives: Matt

My devotion time for today is a passage from Hebrews that I hadn’t read before.  It reads: “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the moreContinue reading “Hebrews 10:24-25”

We remembered the saints of FUMC Missouri City today.  I knew a lot of the names intimately.  In addition to the persons who have died, we remembered the persons we had baptized this year — moving from the saints past to saints future.  I knew many of them personally, too. It was very moving toContinue reading “Today: An All-Saints Review”

This evening, I was working at the church getting some video equipment set up. During a break, I stopped to chat with a good friend. I had passed on a devotion/sermon to her and we talked about that sermon. While the Open Skies Band rehearsed, we chatted. After that conversation, I thought about this Sunday,Continue reading “Making Small Changes”

While in Kansas City, MO for a workshop, I picked up a book by Katie Maxwell titled Bedside Manners: A Practical Guide to Visiting the Ill. (BakerBooks)  This is always something I’ve struggled with — saying the right things, doing the right things.  I was reading a few passages from it and was struck byContinue reading “Prayers – Hospital”

Although it sounds like a cheap novel, my day began as any other day. Really, it did! Kids got off to school early dogs fed and cats, too. Rhonda came home, we talked through the prior evenigs events. She told me of her night at the hospital. I cleaned up and left for work. IContinue reading “Waiting for The Car”