Dear Friends of Green Trails, Scripture advises that in some cases (like in prayer) piling on words is not necessary.  Instead, it seems ...

Dear Friends of Green Trails, It's been a long time since we have been able to gather together. We all have expressed our desire to retu...

Last Saturday, I watched the blast off of the Space X rocket and the space capsule carrying two American astronauts. This caused a flood ...

Some things just stick with you--it doesn’t matter how many years pass or how your circumstances change. This week my memory kicked in wi...

The Book of Ecclesiastes makes the following observation which appears to be undeniably true: “There is a season for everything and a tim...

Dear Friends of Green Trails: It continues to be challenging to not be in face-to-face community at least weekly. We miss your faces. We ...

Dear Friends of Green Trails, It seems appropriate to take a moment to write a few words about how the practices of our church family may...

As I watched the almost empty streets and listened to the quiet of what used to be a bustling neighborhood, I was reminded of the first c...

This is a great Scripture to read while in quarantine. It is a story you will want to read several times. Take time to note the movement ...

I guess it is safe to assume that almost all of us had an unusual Easter holiday this year. Worship was online, so there was no one to gr...

If you really travel through the events of Holy Week and are serious about it, you place yourself in a perilous position. You place yours...

Dear Friends of Green Trails, Next Sunday is Palm Sunday.  This day celebrates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.On that day Je...

In my reading, I ran across this one: Romans 5:3-5 The Message (MSG) 3-5 There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when w...

Dear Friends of Green Trails: My life is pretty much marked by three things. I hang out at Starbucks and work on sermons. I go to Gold’s ...

Dear God, It seems like lots of uncertainty around us. So many people who need prayers. Today, I pray… For those whose health is compromi...

Dear Friends of Green Trails, I have just returned from vacation. While in Key West, I did not watch TV so I was oblivious to the chaos ...

Dear Friends of Green Trails, For most of us, there is nothing in our history that resembles a week like we've just experienced in the W...

Dear Friends of Green Trails, Since 2016, The United Methodist Church has been at a crossroads regarding the status of the current Church...