Grace United Methodist Church of Columbus, MS

06/27/2025

“Because the poor are despoiled,
because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,” says the LORD;
“I will place them in the safety for which they long.”

The promises of the LORD are promises that are pure,
silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times. –– Psalm 12:5-6, NRSV

01/31/2025

When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.

Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me with honor.

Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than
you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion
forever. –– Psalm 73:21-26, NRSV

01/24/2025

Speaking truth to power. Speaking Power with Truth.

08/24/2024

07/28/2024

Sounds almost like the Good News of Jesus Christ to me. Good seed. Good soil. A crop that produces 30, 50, 100 fold.

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There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best grown corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.
“Why sir,” said the farmer, “Didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn.
If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”
So is with our lives... Those who want to live meaningfully and well must help enrich the lives of others, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.
And those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all...