Amanda grew up with an open table - Thanksgiving was a time for all people, no matter how tangentially connected, to have a place. It reminds her of the covenant…
It's an Old Testament story we rarely tell, but as Saul’s family disappeared, David went out of his way to keep finding a place for Mephibosheth (or, as Ken calls…
“The table is before us.” The Lord wants a full communion with every one of us - each person has a seat at the table. Jordan recalls be asked what…
“Shalom means changing the way we see people.” We are surrounded by people living in emergencies at all times, and it wears people out, it destroys their souls. Today’s verse…
Thy Kingdom Come: “Shalom On Earth” - Kristen Jones Does anyone really believe we can have world peace? Kristen sums up our Missions series by exploring the many meanings of…
We are called to be in a community with everyone - even the people we dislike. Jordan compares the way we live in community with the way Jesus lived in…
Today’s scripture is a parable - a lesson on how to short-circuit our tendency to want to get back at those who have hurt us. We constantly wander off and…
Ken launches our Missions series with a call to conviction - a reminder that being convicted is just a brief moment, but we are required to take that moment. To…
We are not tempted by God, we are tempted by our own desires - and we must resist. As we draw our series on The Lord’s Prayer to a close,…
On September 26, 2021, First Methodist Houston joins in both campus as a church family in a service of prayer for the Day of Prayer.
Ken is concerned that Church might have lost its vision: The Lord’s Prayer offers a glimpse of what the world is going to be - and it’s a vision in…
In my darkest season, I learned to carve the path that I wanted. Every time it ended in disaster