​Edinburg First United Methodist Church

By the time you read this, I’ll be just a few weeks from moving back to San Antonio. To say I have mixed feelings is an understatement. I love this community. Each of you have helped shape me as a person and pastor. I am so grateful.    At first, I thought I’d use May’s newsletter to share all the great things we experienced together. However, I’m going to save that for June. Instead, I want to take an opportunity to lift up Edinburg’s incoming pastor, whoever that will be. 

This year, April is filled with High Holy Days like Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter/Resurrection Sunday. The season of Lent (a pilgrimage of repentance) gives way to Eastertide (the celebration of the Risen King). During Lent, we reflect and repent of our sins. In Eastertide, we celebrate that we have been saved from our sins. Unfortunately, we often leave it there—we acknowledge that we have been saved from sin and death but forget that we have also been saved for somethi

In a matter of days, we’ll enter the season of Lent. A time of reflection and repentance that leads us on a journey to the cross, the crucifixion of Jesus, and invites us to find our true identity as children of the Resurrection, heirs of the Living One. My constant prayer is that every day we press more deeply into living as faithful disciples of Jesus and beloved children of God. As I do this work for my spiritual growth, I also hear the Lord instructing me about my role as