Central UMC Blog

The past two weekends I had the opportunity to go to Harriet, Arkansas and teach a few hundred junior high students that they were chosen by God. It was an incredible weekend where we saw God do some incredible things, but, reminding junior high students that they are chosen by God isn’t...

Did you know that Americans work ~137 more hours per year than the Japanese, ~260 more hours than the British, and ~499 more hours than the French?  But it’s not only work. Americans watch over 5 hrs of television a week, the average person spends over 4 hours a day on their...

The NBA this summer has been INSANE. My Oklahoma City Thunder are now non-existent, Houston has Russell Westbrook, the powerhouse Warriors got blown up, the LA city rivalry is back, and Brooklyn has potential?! With so many variables of free agency drama, I was watching a show on ESPN centered...

  I recently sat down with someone who was indifferent about God and the teachings of Jesus. They didn’t necessarily want to deny God’s existence, but they also didn’t desire to follow Jesus’ way of living. This is a totally valid viewpoint. While, in my opinion, the...

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to...

  I bet that got your attention, huh? Well, I know now that seminary is not a waste of time, in fact, I think it’s highly undervalued, but I haven’t always thought that. And now that you’re here, let me explain. In the fall of 2017, I began the journey of getting my Master...

Dirt. Everywhere. As far as the eyes could see – sand, dirt, and dust. Welcome to Vicente Guerrero. An agricultural area, Vicente Guerrero is a part of the Baja Peninsula and approximately 175 miles south of the Tijuana/San Ysidro border checkpoint. Everything is more difficult here...

“When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God." Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those...

As some of you already know, I am passionate about racial reconciliation, specifically within the church, and I wanted to start a conversation about what it is and what it could be. However, I wanted to avoid the tension of all the politically charged jargon already in existence. I wanted to...

If you missed part 1 of this series, I encourage you to check it out here. Part one will add a bit more context as to how Chance the Rapper inspired me to write about Joshua and the miracles God used him for. Again, you can read that here. I believe that God desires to use each and every one of...