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Needing Prophets!

Published on January 28, 2022January 29, 2022 by wtmcclendon10 Comments

This Sunday’s AFC and NFC football championship games will determine who’s in the Super Bowl. It’s the first time since 2009 that neither Aaron Rogers or Tom Brady aren’t playing. Instead there’s 4 “young guns.”… More

Remembering 9/11

Published on September 10, 2021 by wtmcclendon14 Comments

Twenty years ago, September 11, 2001, 3,229 people lost their lives to terrorism. Most of us remember exactly where we were we heard the news or tuned into the newscasts. It was a national tragedy… More

Is Ignorance the Enemy at the Gates?

Published on September 1, 2021 by wtmcclendon11 Comments

As we have watched scenes in Afghanistan, it feels very literally like “the enemy is at the gates.” Many of us already feel besieged by COVID. The Coronavirus has caused all of our feelings to… More

Reflection on Afghanistan, COVID and Leadership

Published on August 26, 2021 by wtmcclendon15 Comments

Everything about Afghanistan has confirmed my strong conviction that sacrifice, duty, and leadership count. God bless the families of fallen service men and women who have made the supreme sacrifice and those who have paid… More

Reopening after COVID is HARD!

Published on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 by wtmcclendon16 Comments

Do you have any frenemies? You know what I mean, family members, friends, or others that just get under your skin? You are friends, but they are just as easily classified as enemies. Passive-aggressive behavior… More

Mother Church and Mother’s Day

Published on May 4, 2021 by wtmcclendon6 Comments

“What have you done to Mother Church?” rings in my ears. I’ve heard those words preached recently by a passionate Roman Catholic priest on the internet. Lots of people have been concerned about the erosion… More

The Cowboy Code Speaks to the Church and Culture

Published on April 27, 2021 by wtmcclendon14 Comments

I’ve seen bulls duke it out and butt heads. Goats, too, and it doesn’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep, and neither species is very high on the smartness… More

Winter Ends, COVID Continues, yet JESUS Wins!

Published on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 by wtmcclendon21 Comments

Lent has begun and I’m having a bit of PTSD. No kidding, but aren’t we all? It has almost been a year since this pandemic started. Our last “normal” worship service was March 15, 2020.… More

Valentine’s Day and a “New Baptized” Church

Published on February 4, 2021 by wtmcclendon12 Comments

I love the church, particularly the United Methodist Church, though I am reminded of Juliet’s words to Romeo: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as… More

Identifying Your Highest Values

Published on January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 by wtmcclendon3 Comments

So far 2021 feels like 2020 part two. This has been an emotionally draining time for all of us. We can identify with the excerpted words of Psalm 13: “How long, O Lord? How long… More