Maxie Dunnam
Maxie Dunnam is a minister at large in Memphis, Tennessee.
Pondering and Kindling
PONDERING: to think about something carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion…. giving thought to, reviewing.
KINDLING: to light or set on fire, arouse or inspire (an emotion or feeling)
Painting above by Kerry Peeples
A PIONEER AND JUICE
O.J. Simpson, the Juice, died on April 10, at age 76. One news columnist opened his story with these words, “It marked the end of a long and turbulent life marked by poverty. survival, riches, violence, and stardom.”The centerpiece of the television reporting was a...
KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES
The article had a bold-face title: Methodists Keep Up With the Times. My friend had saved it from The Wall Street Journal (May 10) because he knew I would be interested. Just reading the title, had I not known what the article was about, I would have pronounced...
Hurry Slowly
Years ago I came across a phrase that grabbed my attention. It was a season of my life when I was paying close attention to my own “spiritual state,” and as a result, seeking to develop particular spiritual disciplines. The phrase, a long obedience in the same...
Saints Alive!
Lessons from persons whose writings have endured through the centuries.
John Wesley: Assurance and Perfection
“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:16-17, NIV) In John...
John Wesley: Going on to Salvation
“This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ...
Let me say that again
Inspirational Image
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