Where's Ken?

        You're probably wondering what happened to me and why I haven't written anything for almost two weeks. I promise that I will return to my regularly scheduled programming soon, but I wanted to tell you a bit about where I was last week and what I experienced.

"The Supernatural Thread in Methodism" by Dr. Frank H. Billman

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        I first learned of "The Supernatural Thread in Methodism" while listening to a lecture by Dr. Billman. In his lecture, he spoke about early Methodist history and the supernatural events experienced by Methodist believers.

My Charismatic Quest

"Soria Moria Slott" by Theodor Kittelsen  - Image from Wikipedia

       In my last post, I told you about my heartwarming experience. Because of this experience, I was able to realize other Holy Spirit moments in my life. Unlike those previous experiences, this time I had an insatiable hunger to know more. I made a connection between the Charismatic and my own Methodist tradition. And the first stage of my quest was to learn about my "family tree".

Devotion on Psalm 1:1-3

Intro: Today's devotion looks at joy and how we root ourselves in the source of all joy, God.

My Heart Strangely Warmed

        In the fall of 2016, my wife asked me to attend a parenting conference at her church. She seemed to think this would help us with our rambunctious 9-year old granddaughter. I said yes to make my wife happy. But, as you can guess, I really didn't want to go.

"Building a Discipling Culture" by Mike Breen

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       My pastor first asked me to read Mike Breen's "Building a Discipling Culture" back in the summer of 2016. I read the first two or three chapters and then put the book on my nightstand, not to be picked up again for almost a year. It wasn't that I found the book uninteresting, I just had a lot of other "reading" on my plate, and this book was a lower priority for me.

Them Wesley Boys

John (left) and Charles Wesley - Images from Wikipedia

        Four years separate these brothers in age, yet age couldn't keep them apart in their ministry. John, the elder, already a college professor at Oxford and an Anglican Priest when his younger brother, Charles, started at university. Charles, an eager young Christian, formed a prayer and study group known as the "Holy Club". John soon joined the "Holy Club", and this band of brothers was mockingly called, "Methodists", because of their methodical means of prayer, study, and action. However, it would be something far more than their devoted acts of piety that would make them early leaders in a spiritual explosion later known as "The Great Awakening".

Devotion on Romans 8:14-17

Intro: Today's devotion looks at a passage from Paul's letter to the Romans. An introduction to being children of God.

Trouble in River City!

Image from  Wikipedia

        Remember the movie "The Music Man"? Remember how the main character, Howard Hill comes into town and gets folks riled up about their kids playing pool? Remember how he uses this technique to scare up sales for his phony band instrument business? Do we do that same kind of thing today? Do we listen to half-truths or even full-on lies and in the end, miss something really important?