by mathewschapelumc@gmail.com | Jan 13, 2022 | Pastoral Reflections
We have celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ and rejoiced during our INDIVIDUAL and PERSONAL moments of epiphany – the moment we knew literally, that God gave His only begotten Son to redeem us – Jew, Gentile, male, female, black, white, you and me. That moment in our...
by mathewschapelumc@gmail.com | Sep 6, 2021 | Pastoral Reflections
This week (September 5 – 11), marks the beginning of suicide awareness and prevention week. Suicide, is death caused by injuring oneself with the intent to die. Suicide is one of those topics we don’t like to discuss, but a topic that we all must be aware of in order...
by mathewschapelumc@gmail.com | Aug 14, 2021 | Pastoral Reflections
While growing up in the church, I remember singing simple songs with strong messages – proclaiming the Love of Christ! During the worship service, you could feel the love from everyone engaged in the worship experience. One of those simple songs was, “Jesus loves the...
by mathewschapelumc@gmail.com | Jul 31, 2021 | Pastoral Reflections
What do you want for your Birthday? What plans have you made? If you had three wishes, what would they be? Each year as our birthday’s approach, we find family, friends and loved ones asking us these questions. Our answers to these questions are varied and relative to...
by mathewschapelumc@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2021 | Pastoral Reflections
Will they know you are Christian by your Love? Does God challenge you during your Christian walk? Just the other day, a man, who appeared to be in his mid-60’s, stopped by the parsonage, rang the doorbell (which doesn’t ring) and waited for the door to be opened. Once...
