Grace and peace to you, dear ones, who are reading today. My general focus is forward for newsletters; I hope to share something with you that will feed your spirit […]
Stories
Time with Tara: Hopeful and Forward-Focused!
We have been through a year of “new” and a year of “hard” and a year of “heaviness.” As this year ends and we look to 2023, it is indeed […]
Time with Tara: Heavenly Light
“Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock!” Psalm 80:1a This week I spent time with several people who identify themselves as part of the […]
Time with Tara: Sunday’s Coming…
The landowner looked outside at his yard. He loved to look at God’s handiwork as he worked from the home office. The crepe myrtles had been especially inspiring this year! […]
Time with Tara: Reverse-Mentoring or Just Mentoring?
– Rev. Tara Lain, Harbor District Superintendent Who knew Charge Conference season could be a wonderfully amazing and enriching time? This DS is pleased to let you know that I […]
This Place… This Space… of God’s Grace: Gratitude – The North Central Jurisdictional Conference
– Bescye P Burnett, Harbor District Anti-Racism Team Most of us know last week in the United Methodist Church was the time for the Jurisdictional Conferences. “Every four years the […]
Time with Tara: Shall We Dance
– Tara Lain, Superintendent of the Harbor District Do you ever move your body – to the music? Do you find a foot tapping leads to a shoulder shrug and […]
From the Anti-Racism Team: This Place… This Space… of God’s Grace… Living Into the Beloved Community
– Bescye P Burnett, Harbor District Anti-Racism Team The place…. on Oct. 22, 2022 was the Onslow County Public Library in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The place where we gathered to […]
Time with Tara: This Season
There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them. Clare Boothe Luce From Psalm 65: By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O […]