"… for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs." – Mark 10.14b

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A United Methodist in SLC

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Recently I visited First United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Reverend Brian Diggs preached one of his final [and may I say powerful] sermons as pastor of this congregation, and I am still processing my experience.
First, when I opened the ”bulletin”, I was so pleased to see “The Affirmation of Faith” and ”The Lord’s Prayer” as [...]

New Babies

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

This week, two of my colleagues from divinity school welcomed new babies into their lives.  How wonderful it has been to hear about the first hours and days of the babies’ lives instantaneously through Facebook.  The chance that I will see these children in person before they are walking and talking and graduating is very [...]