by markfeldmeir | Aug 13, 2015 | Faith, Jesus, Obedience
“Live the Life” James 1:19-27 I was thirteen years old when a friend invited me on a fishing trip with him and his father. They’d bought a new boat and planned to take it out for the first time. After putting in at the harbor, we trolled around the lake until we found...
by markfeldmeir | Jan 12, 2014 | Faith, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Obedience, Searching for God, sermon, The Church
Acts 8:26-40 Later this afternoon, United Methodist clergy and laypersons from our Annual Conference will meet in Pasadena with our Bishop, Minerva Carcano, for what is called a time of “Holy Conferencing on Biblical Obedience.” Both Rev. Martha and I will attend,...
by markfeldmeir | Jun 7, 2012 | Faith, Hospitality, Jesus, Obedience
According to the Gospel of Mark, when Jesus came home for the first time after visiting John the Baptist in the wilderness, his family and friends thought he had lost his mind. “He’s gone crazy,” they said of Jesus. In the Greek, the word is existemi, which means...
by markfeldmeir | May 7, 2012 | Hospitality, Obedience
I read recently that there are 46 million people who own gym memberships in the United States, yet less than 20% of them actually go to the gym. They buy the shoes, the spandex shorts and sweat pants, the work out towel and water bottle. They carry their gym card...
by markfeldmeir | Mar 28, 2012 | Faith, Hospitality, Obedience
A few years ago I hiked the legendary Half Dome in Yosemite National Park for the first time. Adventurists have been making that 17-mile trek for more than one hundred and thirty-five years. The first person on record to make the ascent was George C. Anderson, who...
by markfeldmeir | Feb 20, 2012 | Faith, Hospitality, Obedience
A few months ago a friend of mine invited me to go to a Ben Harper concert with him. He guaranteed me beforehand that he’d find a way to get us backstage. When we arrived at the security gate, my friend flashed a “badge” and, sure enough, security waved us right...
