

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...


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...


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...

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:...

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...


Cloister Thoughts....paving the way to the cradle
This Sunday, Traditional - Holding Fast It is inevitable that we ask questions about the future. Far better, however, is to trust in...