In a ceremony held Sunday afternoon at Cheraw’s First Presbyterian Church, two members of First Methodist’s Troop 655 were awarded scouting’s highest honor. Robert Hainey and Parker Pierce stood before more than sixty family and friends to take the Eagle Pledge from Assistant Scoutmaster Harry Easterling, flanked by seven former Eagle scouts who were in attendance. Both Eagle candidates then received the …
Heaven…a glorious place. I’ve never been there, but I hear it’s a place of peace, tranquility and harmony. Yet God crossed the great divide to come among us. God gave up the glory and joy (Peace!) of heaven. God chose to be born of a woman, and not in some fine palace but in the …
Soon after Christmas you and I will be able to go to the Upper Room’s web site and begin using a Prayer Guide for our upcoming United Methodist General Conference. I like this option to join together in prayer for the delegates who will be in Tampa, Florida, April 24 through May 4. As a …
A former parishioner named Bob served in the CIA during the Cold War. Two times I asked him what he did for the CIA. Both times he smiled and said: “Paul, if I told you then I’d have to shoot ya!” Those words were followed by a hearty laugh. I got the point. I gave …
Email Number 1: Dear Apple, I love your trademarked slogan “There’s An App for That.” I’m impressed that you have almost half a million applications (Woops. I mean “apps”) available for download. With that many, I’m sure you have an app which will explain something for me. Here it is: I need an app to …
I once read a book about dolphins. It had lots of drawings of dolphins moving swiftly and gracefully through ocean waters. It’s part of their DNA to stay on the move and to make adjustments. The book wasn’t really about aquatic animals, though. It was about CHANGE. It drew lessons from dolphins, how they swim …
