​Edinburg First United Methodist Church

ear Edinburg First Family, I’ve had The Porter’s Gate song “Come, All Who Are Weary” on repeat this week. It takes Jesus’s own words in Matthew 11:28-30 and turns them into an invitation you can sing: to the weary, to the striving, to anyone whose shoulders are tired—come, lean in, lay it down. The melody itself feels like exhaling. It’s the kind of song that slows your breathing down just by listening to it. That invitation comes straight from Scripture: “Take my yoke upon y

After so many dry stretches, the steady rain has felt like a gift. The ground drinks deeply. Trees look fuller. Grass greens up almost overnight. And all of it has made me think of Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th-century mystic who spoke of the Spirit’s viriditas—often translated as “greening power.” Scholars describe viriditas as Hildegard’s image for the living vitality that comes from God: a life-giving energy of growth, healing, fruitfulness, and renewal that runs through c