Category Archives: E-Devotional

Hello All! Last week, I travelled to Lakeland for our Annual Conference of Florida United Methodist churches), and also take a day to visit Disney with the boys. This is why there was no E-Devo in your inbox…in case you … Continue reading →

Dear CRUMC family and friends, As I shared on Sunday, one of our neighboring churches, Branches UMC (formerly Florida City UMC) suffered complete loss to their facility on Saturday night. I’ve included below some excerpts from notes of those close … Continue reading →

Greetings, I hope you enjoyed this recent series on “Christians in the City” as much as I have. Thanks for your positive feedback after this week’s message about the workplace. We talked about being a witness in 3 ways: our … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Sunday mornings we sing to God, learn from scripture…folks are warm and kind. You receive hugs and caring questions like “How are you doing? How’s your family?” Or comments like, “We missed you,” or “Thanks for your help.” … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, “So, what is ‘young’?” a worshipper asked Sunday after my sermon on reaching the next generation. Great question! While there’s a lot to be said about being “young at heart,” I was primarily talking about those under the … Continue reading →

Hello! What a wonderful time we had on Children’s Sunday this last week! It was great to have families and staff from the preschool to join us. Thanks to the volunteers and parents for making it special. Our theme was … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Has the city seemed different to you this week? No, I don’t think the city has changed much, but maybe your perspective is becoming different. I hope God is cultivating a deeper passion in you for the welfare … Continue reading →

Greetings! So, last night I stopped by Starbucks. No, not for a coffee or some quiet time out of the house (but either of those reasons will usually get me there.) I went to Starbucks to participate in the Tuesday … Continue reading →

Happy Easter, Friends! We will continue to celebrate the Resurrection over the next 40 days. This is the number of days the Risen Christ spent talking with his disciples, appearing before crowds, giving “many convincing proofs of his real existence … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, We are entering into the most holy time of the Christian Church, what is historically called the Three Great Days. Of course, we still live and work in the 21st century. Events that happened so many centuries ago … Continue reading →