Advent Thoughts
Grace and Peace to you, brothers and sisters in Christ! We have come to think of Advent as a time of preparation for the birth of...
Cloister Thoughts...
We all know how it feels to lose your voice. One morning you awaken with that little tickle in your throat. Somehow that cup of tea or a...
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
It’s the Advent season! Perhaps you’ve been humming a bit of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” lately? In one of the Advent devotions that I’m...
Happy New Year!
If you happen to hear the tune of “Auld Lang Syne” humming through the halls of HBUMC this week it is not because our calendars are...
Advent Events
Greetings to all of you in the HBUMC community! I pray that this note finds everyone doing very well and having a happy first week of...
Advent the Kaizen Way
A few days before Thanksgiving, I pulled out a small book that I read a year or so ago. The dear friend who gifted me with the tome...
Go Ye Therefore...our 2017-2018 Theme
Go ye therefore… “Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy...
Advent & Christmas at Hayes Barton: By the Numbers
5: families in transition who lived with us December 11 - 18 through Family Promise 650: dinner reservations for Christmas Mosaic 20,000:...
Refresh at Home: Birthing God into the World
And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of...
Advent Repentance and Rest
Several people have stopped me in the past week to talk about how quickly the Advent season is moving for them. Yesterday at church, one...
