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On the outskirts of Jerusalemthe donkey waited.Not especially brave, or filled with understanding,he stood and waited. How horses, turned out into the meadows, leap with delight!How doves, released from their cages, clatter away, splashed with sunlight! But the donkey, tied to a tree as usual, waited.Then he let himself be led away.Then he let the… Continue Reading→
I have always had an interest in learning how to improve my leadership skills. Over the past 40+ years I have relied on the ultimate leadership manual, the Bible, and numerous authors (John Maxwell, Pat Williams, Peter Drucker, Ken Blanchard and many others) to learn real-life leadership lessons. All of us are lay “leaders” not… Continue Reading→
April 19 through May 24th – Monday nights from 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm EST) When donating, select FUND then choose Racial Unity Missions – Thank you for your support.
“Children, we organize to keep the house looking well-kempt. We clean to make the house, well, clean!” This is an all too real but sort of fake quote. I mean, these words or something quite like them were spoken to me and my siblings and I have spoken them to my own children. I have… Continue Reading→
We welcome John Kelso to the role of District Lay Leader. We invite you to learn more about John and his family by following this link: https://harbordistrictnc.org/about/. As I sit here at my home in Southport, two words immediately come to mind. The two words are humbled and excited: humbled to have been asked by… Continue Reading→
Who are you? During this Lent, are you discovering something about yourself? I remember last year we entered Lent with the threat of coronavirus becoming a pandemic — and then it happened. And people boldly proclaimed via Facebook: This is the Lentiest Lent ever Lented. Or something like that. And I wonder: how are we… Continue Reading→
Race, Church & Healing – Workshop Series CCW Transformation Ministries in partnership with Wrightsville UMC, The Harbor District of the NC Conference, and St. Paul’s UMC, is offering a series of workshops designed to increase intercultural competence and understanding of systemic racism as individuals and groups. JOIN US and participate in racial healing and forming… Continue Reading→
Isaiah 58:1-12 Shout out, do not hold back!Lift up your voice like a trumpet!Announce to my people their rebellion,to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek meand delight to know my ways,as if they were a nation that practiced righteousnessand did not forsake the ordinance of their God;they ask of… Continue Reading→
We adopted Lola “Skitter Bean” Lain at the end of March 2020. My oldest child came home from living at the School of Science and Math in Durham on a break in early March. She would not be going back as all schools later shut down. She really wanted a kitten and it seemed to… Continue Reading→