Listen. Your mind is occupied with myriad concerns and worries and tasks. Set them aside.…
Category: Pastor’s Letters
A couple weeks ago, I dug out a box that hasn’t been opened in several moves, maybe not since Karoline and I have been married. What prompted me to dig it out was Noah’s recent interest in Scouting. The box is labeled, “Brandon’s Scout Stuff.”
Daffodils, Crocuses, Bradford Pears, Dogwoods, Redbuds, Weeping Cherries, Phlox, Tulips… This is an awfully pretty…
It’s the beginning of April, and we are right in the middle of track season.
You know, I was never athletic as a child, so I never dreamed I’d be organizing my life around sports. It surprises me to say words like that first sentence.
But here we are, in the middle of track season, with a meet just about every week.
Bristol is about to get fast and loud.
Some of you will be heading out of town this weekend while race fans flood in. Some of you will shelter in place, although it turns out it’s not nearly as difficult to navigate around race traffic as I’d once imagined. Some of you will be brave enough to navigate to the southern edge of Bristol and take part in the NASCAR festivities, yourself.
Last Thursday, the clergy of the Clinch Mountain District gathered to have a learning and…
When I awoke Wednesday morning, the thermostat in our house told me it was 32º…
The Ides of March. March 15 is the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated…
We spend a lot of time and effort trying to make sure that our churches…
This coming week will bring us once again to the fasting season of Lent. It…
First United Methodist Church of Bristol 