Wayfaring Pastor

Journal entries of an itinerate United Methodist pastor on the way to the Kingdom.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Posted by Mike at 11:50 PM

Mike: I am a follower of Christ. One of the ways I do this is by serving as a pastor in The United Methodist Church. Before I became a UM, there were times when I was both Baptist and Presbyterian. I preached my first sermon in a Pentecostal church, served on the staff of a Roman Catholic church, studied at Methodist, Presbyterian, and Eastern Orthodox seminaries, hang a Moravian star in my home every Christmas, and I once bought a cake at a Lutheran bake sale. So my bases are pretty-well covered. I hope. I am the husband of an amazingly beautiful wife and the father of an amazingly beautiful little girl and an amazingly big yellow dog. I’m the product of a small, Upstate South Carolina mill town where many of my memories were made, most of my family still lives and all my oldest friends are from. I am a former radio announcer and have worked at country, urban contemporary and easy listening stations. That means that if you need to know the lyrics of a song by George Strait, Barry White or Frank Sinatra, I’m your man. Oh, and I once had a hole-in-one when my ball landed in the bunker, hit a rake, bounced onto the green and rolled into the hole! God is good!

Give admittance to Christ
and deny entrance to all others.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen.

Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
'tis music in the sinner's ears,
'tis life, and health, and peace.

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