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HELLO FROM HARVEY: ALL THE TIME NOT IN THE WORLD

January 6, 2021 Leave a Comment

As my daughter said, I got the gift of time this Christmas.  More precisely, I received 3 desk calendars as gifts and one wall calendar.  The wall calendar is for beauty.  Susan and I are blessed with a friend who has been giving them to us for years to share a common love of flower… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: Calendars, Gift, God's Time

HELLO FROM HARVEY: GRACIOUS MISSIONARIES

December 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

I am enjoying my time with each pastor.  They teach me a lot.  Gregg Presnal, told me that he and the folks of Hopewell Church were called to be “gracious missionaries.”  I’ve pondered that phrase a lot and because I haven’t heard it, that I recall, in years, I’ve re-read some words I remember from… Continue Reading→

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HELLO FROM HARVEY: A SWEET CONDESCENSION

December 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

I’ve had the pleasure of talking with two people, each conversation and relationship completely independent of the other, in the past few weeks, both of whom were reared in the Orthodox branch of the Christian faith.  If you are not familiar with Orthodoxy, their worship services are incredibly rich, symbolic and meant to invoke a… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: condescending, incarnation, Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, mystery, Orthodoxy, too casual

HELLO FROM HARVEY: A SOUTHERN AND SIMPSON THANKSGIVING PERSPECTIVE

November 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

Many years ago at Thanksgiving when my son, then teenaged, was watching The Simpsons (we only allowed highly intellectual television viewing), he was captivated by a now very famous scene where the Simpson children are compelled to endure a table grace at Thanksgiving, indeed the Simpson son is forced to offer it.  He says, “Thanks… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: giving thanks, Simpsons, Thanksgiving

HELLO FROM HARVEY: CHARGE CONFERENCES AND HESED

November 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

This is the last (I promise) in a series of devotional articles I have written, using Fall 2020 Charge Conferences in the Capital District, as the bedrock and source.  I have been inspired and occasionally challenged by the things I have learned but want to thank everyone for their participation in this delightful series of… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: Charge Conference, Hesed, lovingkindness

HELLO FROM HARVEY: MORE CHARGE CONFERENCE LESSONS!

October 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

The lessons continue from this year’s virtual charge conferences continue. And the inspiration I get from lay people’s testimonies in response to the questions of how are they loving God and neighbor continues to grow. Recently a lady told me that the current situation – by which she said she meant pandemic, societal unease, divisive… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: Charge Conference, values and aspirations

HELLO FROM HARVEY: Charge Conference Continues to Teach

October 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

This is the third in an unintentional series of gleanings from Capital District charge conferences. I have to reiterate how impressive and inspiring they have been: unfailing graciousness and a profound desire to remain vital and deeply engaged in their own communities, our local church’s leaders are a gift. And I have learned and pondered… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: Pleasure vs Will

HELLO FROM HARVEY – CHARGE CONFERENCE IN A PANDEMIC Part II

September 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

I hadn’t intended to make a running article about charge conferences despite having used them as my foil in the last “Hello from Harvey,” but the over-all content of the conferences has been so encouraging – and the spiritual context so beautiful — I have to share. In case you haven’t had yours yet –… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: Charge Conference season, HOPEFUL, pandemics, Romans 15:13

HELLO FROM HARVEY: CHARGE CONFERENCE IN A PANDEMIC

September 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

“They” start this week.  They are the 2020 charge conferences.  In our United Methodist family, a charge conference is one of the most obvious and certainly one of the strongest ties that keep our family together.  Charge conferences are times to celebrate what a local congregation is doing for God and for their neighbors, but… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS Tagged With: ars, celebrating, Charge Conference season, God who is Lord of the Church and who is caring for us now as ever before, Hebrews 12:1, HOPEFUL, pandemics, times of unrest and reform

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