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“Looking down saw the presence of drift wood, question: why am I walking among dead wood?” This stanza should have us all thinking about disappointments. With Guest writer, John E. Griffin-Atil John Griffin-Atil is a United Methodist minister who lives in the Californian coastal town of Imperial Beach.  He has for some time been working against…

Relationship Nurtures Ministry and Not Vice Versa How busy is your life of ministry? In the normal course of daily work many ministers find that their “to do” list expands to whatever they are willing to let it grow too. Eventually one simply cannot keep up. That often leads to what we call burn out.…

Could it be that Jesus had been there all through the night? Today (April 23) marks the anniversary of the death of my first wife, Patsy, back in 1996. On days like today, I tend to think even more of the significance to Christians of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead and His promise of eternal…

We all need to be the conduit in people’s lives. Doug Walton is an accomplished watercolor artist. He lives in northern Louisiana but travels the world teaching “Watercolor Encounters.” These are typically one-week workshops during which he shares wisdom sayings as much as an art technique. His website can be found by searching for M.…