The exact origins of The Midshipman’s Prayer aren’t well known. It’s said to date back to World War II, in a letter from a Sailor writing home. “Almighty Father, whose way is in the sea, whose paths are in the great waters, whose command is over all, and whose love never faileth: Let me be […]
God Is With Us (Brett Beeson)
“Are you alright?” “Not really. I don’t think I’ve been for a very long time.” In all truth, I was struggling to find the words to write this month. These days I usually stalk around with a storm crackling about my head and coined the term, “bitter, party of three” for myself and my closest […]
Easter and The Little Church That Could (Rev. Larry Davies)
Do you remember The Little Engine That Could? A train full of toy animals, dolls, and every kind of thing boys or girls could want was stranded and could not get over the mountain to the village of children on the other side. What would they do? A shiny new engine, asked by the dolls […]
Welcome to the New Year (Brett Beeson)
“Three … two … one … Happy New Year!” Actually, it didn’t even go down like that. The New Year slipped by me like a thief in the night, as I called around the ship looking for our tardy Public Affairs Officer, who was late in returning our midnight New Year’s Deck Log Entry. Belatedly, […]
Perspective Lifters (Rev. Larry Davies)
My wife Mell and I were having one of those days. Nothing seemed to go right. It started with a trash can lid disappearing after the pick-up. The company said another one would be delivered in about a week. A week? Where do we put the trash? Every hour afterward seemed to bring more bad […]
Be Consistent To Become Great (James R. Cooper)
“The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.” Tom Landry I have to start this post with a confession. I’ve lost 15 pounds this year! This sounds like great news until I add that I gained ten pounds of it back over the last month. And here’s why. I stopped doing the things that were […]
We Just Need to Listen (Brett Beeson)
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 Sometimes we struggle and struggle, and it seems that we aren’t making any headway. We work so hard to do the right thing—to read our Bible, to follow the Golden Rule, to practice integrity—but our lives yet appear barren. We want to be good, […]
Tragedy at Smith Mountain Lake (Rev. Larry Davies)
Smith Mountain Lake, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, is on the southwest corner of the Lynchburg District of the United Methodist Church, my district. At least ten churches large and small from our district are part of the Smith Mountain Lake community. Danville and Roanoke Districts also have churches located in this scenic resort and […]
Fred Brown and Cooking (Rev. Larry Davies)
Just before graduating high school, I secured a summer job at a local hotel to work in maintenance, which meant, I cut grass. But two days before school ended, the hotel decided to hire someone else. I went home upset, almost in tears and swore: “I’m going job-hunting and not coming back until I get […]
Timeless Truth: Find the Light in the Midst of Darkness (Brett Beeson)
We live in a harsh world. I open up al-Jazeera or BBC News, and the headlines report a terrorist attack on tourists in Tunisia, deadly assaults in Syria, and the rising victim count from a plane crash in Indonesia. CNN headlines are hardly any better. They tell us of a killer taking a selfie with […]
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