Recently, I attended a meeting chaired by JoAnn Akers. JoAnn always begins her meetings with a short devotion. On this night, she shared with us a devotion entitled “Five-Finger Prayers.” The Five-Finger Prayer is simply one method to help with how we pray. Here’s the way it works. You fold...

Often, in a football game as the third quarter ends and the fourth quarter is about to begin, the fans will hold up four fingers as the band plays in the background. It is a reminder that the game is nearing the end, but it still isn’t over. There is...

One of the great joys of serving as the pastor of DUMC is to see all the different ministries in which this Church is involved. Each Sunday morning, somewhere between 1,100 – 1,500 people crowd their way into our buildings for Sunday School and Worship. On Wednesday nights hundreds of...