​Edinburg First
United Methodist Church

I want to know Christ and experience the power of his resurrection…” (Philippians 3:10) Happy Easter! I know, I know. We’re two weeks...

“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will...

Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people...

Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you. Leviticus...

...we will resume in person worship starting Good Friday in the Prayer Garden and Easter Sunday in the sanctuary.

But coming into 2021, I’m having difficulty getting that sense of a clear message from the Lord. Or maybe, more to the point, the message is

“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 We read these words about Mary in Luke’s gospel as the...

Matthew 5:48, “Be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect.”

It was not quite a year ago that I was writing a newsletter article about my reflections on the churches and sacred spaces I had visited...

May the grace of our good and loving God be with you. We are in the midst of crazy times

“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke...

Scripture is, undoubtedly, the most beautiful love letter ever written.

“I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word, I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen a wait for the...

God has a difficult sense of timing and/or humor. I’ve been praying for rain. Beautiful, powerful, South Texas rainstorms to be specific....

“Surely goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life. Therefore, I will dwell in peace in the shelter of the Lord, in the...

I’ve been thinking about you, and I’m praying for you. Many of you know I’ve been “trying to become a morn- ing person.” At first, my...

It’s Summer! I’m not sure how those of us who are not in school or teachers still consider the summer as time for “vacation” or “time...

“Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come” (Jerimiah 33:3) When we seek God with our whole...

“Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15 As a pastor, I find myself invited in to the most...

“…Your Father in Heaven already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of Heaven above all else, and live righteously, and he will give...