Your Stewardship Sunday is just around the corner and you “don’t want to leave the kids out” but you aren’t sure how to explain the concepts of tithing or pledging and you know that they cannot sustain a commitment made for a year since they can barely wrap their little heads around what a calendar even is. And yet, stewardship, remembering that all we have belongs to God, allows us to give back to God with our time, talents, gifts and service. After meeting with my 84 congre

Because devils, skeletons, ghouls and goblins, are considered dark and evil, many churches have banned Halloween and any activity associated with it. Some Christian parents, who want to take their kids trick or treating, feel like they have to justify their choice to their church friends. As a pastor in the United Methodist Church and, after 30 years of debating this issue, I want to say that I think Halloween is fine to celebrate but to be honest, I don’t think it belongs at