The next time you’re on the church campus, take a walk along the sidewalk that leads behind the Education Building. At the far end of the building you’ll discover my favorite tree on campus. As I’m writing this on a Tuesday morning, it is fully in bloom. The light pink petals often cascade off of...
A congregation member once told me that she’d attended a Hickory Crawdads game and her section had won a prize. The whole section of the stadium was abuzz. What did they win? Free tickets to a game? A Crawdads t-shirt? A new car?! It turns out, each person in the section was given one can...
Today is Ash Wednesday. The ashes for today’s services were prepared by burning the palm branches from last year’s Palm Sunday. The distant shouts of Hosanna still ring in our memory. But for now, we make a turn. We have burned the palms and start with ash. We offer two services today— one at noon...
How often do you think of yourself as an autonomous, independent, self-made individual? We live in a society that particularly celebrates individualism. This is not necessarily bad unless it disconnects us from the community. Because God made us as relational beings who do best when we are part of a supportive community. Have you ever...
We have only two weeks left of The Story Of David series. This coming Sunday we will study his well known fall from grace. David committed both murder and adultery. We’ll explore the story more fully on Sunday, but for now, I’d like to examine the prayer he wrote to God after doing these horrific...
This past Sunday I used a quote from Oz Guinness’s book The Call: Finding And Fulfilling The Central Purpose Of Your Life. I have one more I’d like to share as I begin my weekly newsletter. “None of us arrives in this world complete, and none of us has the wisdom and strength to create...
Yesterday, I got to meet with Justine. She has experienced homelessness since losing her job during COVID. As a part of Unity’s Walking In Their Shoes program, she generously agreed to tell her story. We are in the midst of editing the video and will post it when available. In the interim, here is some of...
God said something incredible to King Solomon early on in his reign. God said, “No one like you has ever been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.” —1 Kings 3:12 God speaks of the inherent uniqueness of Solomon, and I think that’s something God would say about all of us....
Drumroll please. Unity Presbyterian Church officially has 600 members. Why is that important? Well, it is and it isn’t. Allow me to explain. Why its not important The focus of church should not be the number of people attending. A healthy church is not necessarily a large church. The health of a church can be...
Happy 2023!! With a new year brings new goals, new hopes, new dreams. I encourage you to spend time in prayer. Ask God to lead you into this next year, guiding you and steering you. At Unity, the new year brings a new preaching series. We will spend the next two months studying the life...
