Friday, May 09, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

What an exciting weekend coming up at the church, beginning tonight! In today's e-mail I'll give you a quick synopsis of what's happening this weekend, announce the appointment of one of our...

Friday, May 02, 2008

May 2, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

As you read this I am sitting at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport trying to finish this weekend’s sermon as I make my way back to Kansas City. I’ve been a delegate to our...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm writing this email from the floor of the Fort Worth Convention Center where I am a delegate to the United Methodist Church's General Conference. This event is held once every four years, and brings...

Friday, April 18, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm hopeful that you are doing well on this cold and blustery day! We had a Church Council meeting last night and I came away from it feeling really excited about where we are as a church, and what's on...

Friday, April 11, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm hopeful that you are doing well on this cold and blustery day! We had a Church Council meeting last night and I came away from it feeling really excited about where we are as a church, and what's on...

Friday, April 04, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

Forty years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed when he stepped outside his hotel room at the Lorraine Motel. He was in Memphis standing with and for the sanitation workers, demanding...

Friday, March 28, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

What a great Easter weekend we celebrated here at Resurrection. I'll tell you all about it below along with other news about the church; but first, a word about LaVon's uncle, Ed Spencer.

Ed passed...

Friday, March 21, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I can't believe Easter is just around the corner. You may be aware that Easter is the earliest it will be in most of our lifetimes (only those who are 95 or older have experienced Easter this early)....

Friday, March 14, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

As you read this e-mail I am sitting in a series of interviews with nine candidates who are being considered for the office of Bishop in the United Methodist Church. In the United Methodist Church...

Friday, March 07, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I can't believe Easter is just around the corner. You may be aware that Easter is the earliest it will be in most of our lifetimes (only those who are 95 or older have experienced Easter this early)....

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I am writing a bit earlier than normal this week - Rebecca, our youngest daughter, and I are traveling today to Ciudad Espana, Honduras with our mission team as we consecrate the new church building...

Friday, February 22, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm looking forward to this weekend's message on the Lord's Prayer. I'll preach on the phrase, "Give us this day, our daily bread." Not much there, right? Think again. Bread is mentioned more than 300...

Friday, February 15, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm writing this e-mail from the YMCA at Winterpark, Colorado, where LaVon and I are joining the senior high youth group on their ski trip. We'll speak at three worship services and lead a "stump the...

Friday, February 08, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

This last Monday and Tuesday we held our quarterly blood drive. The weather was threatening and a number of metro area blood drives closed for the day. We held ours and emailed you as a...

Friday, February 01, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

Last night I watched the Democratic primary debate. Some time back I watched the Republican primary debate. This coming Tuesday those of you who live in Missouri will vote in your party's primary, and...

Friday, January 25, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

As you read this email I am finishing my preparations for this evening's All Church Gathering. I am really excited about tonight! Everyone is welcome to attend - both members and...

Friday, January 18, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I just arrived back in town last night from a series of meetings in Houston focused on the revitalization of the United Methodist Church. The first two days were spent with a gathering of pastors of the...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

We have just finalized the arrangements for a Resurrection Night at the Movies. We have 294 tickets for a showing of the movie The Great Debaters, staring Denzel Washington on Monday, January 21,...

Friday, January 11, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I want to begin by thanking the 240 of you who sent responses to my request, earlier this week, for your recollections of the 1960's. I've read through about half of them so far. It is obvious that the...

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm looking for a bit of help for this weekend's sermon. I'd like to hear from those of you who were in your mid-teens through your forties during the 1960's. This weekend I'll retrace the cultural...