In my morning devotionals recently, Oswald Chambers asked the questions, “Why aren’t you a saint yet?”  I just laughed the first time I read it, but I’ve come back to it several times since then.  Despite the Wesleyan emphasis on going on to perfection, most of the people I meet in churches are not saints.  …

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I am a person who likes routine.  Routine helps me feel like I am in control, even when events are spinning chaotically around me.  I could be called a person of regular habits.  Some of my routines are such ingrained habits that I occasionally forget that I have done them.  Living life on the road …

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When I was a kid, I watched Superman reruns on television.  I always remember the beginning:  “Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings with a single bound!”  Of course, as children, my friends and I tried to be Superman.  We would tie a towel around our shoulders …

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Sunday night Pastor Don preached at the church service we attend at Asbury United Methodist Church.  Pastor Don is not the regular preacher on Sunday nights, so it is always a treat to get to listen to him.  His sermon was on clear expectations.  He suggested a couple of expectations that God has of us. …

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Sometimes things break and we have to fix them.  We have to take the car in to be repaired.  We call a plumber.  to fix a leaky pipe.  A marriage is broken when one spouse gets a wandering eye.  Sometimes our faith breaks.  How do we fix it?  By keeping our eyes fixed on God. …

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My devotions this morning told me that it was impossible to praise God too much.  Not being a person of extremes, I’ve been thinking about this idea ever since.  Is it possible to spend too much time praising God?  Is it possible to spend too much time giving thanks to God for all that God …

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We have been getting lots of rain here in southwestern Pennsylvania.  In June it rained almost every day and we were getting a little tired of rain.  Last week we had a beautiful day and I yearned to get out hiking in it.  But I had blog posts to write and decided I would stay …

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Have you had enough of the rainy weather?  If you live in Ohio or Pennsylvania, I’m sure you have.  We have had so many rainy days in this part of the world that we are starting to make Noah jokes.  In the National Park Service we refer to NOAA, which is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

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Tom and I are continuing to attend worship on Sunday evening at Asbury United Methodist Church in Uniontown.  The last couple of weeks have been a little disappointing to me, so I have been thinking about why we worship and getting back to the heart of worship. This last Sunday at Asbury, Dr. Frank Ronco …

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