One of Rev. Ron Bartlow's favorite parts of the Jonah story is that when Jonah rejects God's call, all for understandable reasons, he inadvertently converts the entire ship of sailors!…
The story of David and Goliath is a long-time favorite Sunday School story. We've all heard, and maybe even told it, over the years. What are we learning from it?…
Sometimes God's voice is not only unexpected, but when it comes, we hear it in someone else's voice. When God spoke to Samuel, he mistakenly thought it Eli calling him;…
Today is the first Sunday after Pentecost, which we celebrate as Trinity Sunday. We are reminded us of the three different ways we experience the one God whom we worship:…
Today is Pentecost, when we remember the Disciples receiving the Holy Spirit. We all have a place in the Church's present and future. God empowers new life in the weary…
Today is the seventh and last Sunday of Easter, and also Mother's Day. Mother's Day can be hard in light of John Wesley's first rule, "do no harm." There is…
Today is the sixth Sunday of Easter. Jesus remembered the broken thief into holy paradise. Following the United Methodist Church's General Conference 2024, there may be a sense of the…
Today is the fifth Sunday of Easter. Cat Holbert, Executive Director of Mingus Mountain Camp and our Desert Southwest Conference Camp and Retreat Ministries, is our guest preacher. Today's sermon,…
Today the fourth Sunday of Easter. Today, Rev. Ron Bartlow concludes our sermon series, "Abundant Life in Christ". Today's sermon, "Love With All Your Heart", is taken from from 1…
Today the third Sunday of Easter. Aristotle's description of "flourish" is a great way to introduce what it might mean to know an "abundant life" in Jesus Christ. Today, Rev.…