Armchair Theology – Page 3

There are No Loopholes

2016/11/17 Gayle 0

In case you missed it, there was an election in the United States last week. It was a particularly nasty run-up to this election; the worst I can remember in my almost 54 years. I’m not sure what was the worst in our history but History.com lists seven as the most contentious US elections (1800, 1824, 1860, 1876, 1912, 1948 and 2000). In my humble opinion, we have a new one topping the list. So since the election I have been trying to find some perspective. And this story keeps rattling around in my head. It’s a story we no doubt know, we learned it in Sunday School. I must admit to spending time labeling people I know as characters of this story. Who is The rest of the story

Sermon: Look UP

2016/07/11 Gayle 0

A few weeks ago when Shawn asked if I would speak today I immediately began thinking about a topic. I first went to the lectionary to see what the scripture was for today…it’s Luke 10: 25-37 the story we know as the Good Samaritan …. It’s one of my favorite stories and I was excited to speak on a story that holds so much meaning for me personally. But as time went on, it didn’t seem like where I was supposed to be. I became very stress about what words I was to share….for weeks everywhere I went, everything I did, I was thinking OKAY how does this relate to the Good Samaritan and what I am supposed to take from this to share? But The rest of the story

Sermon: Are You My God?

2015/05/10 Gayle 0

Are you walking through life asking everything imaginable – Are you my God?

Autograph Seekers Are Not the ONLY distractions

2014/06/23 Gayle 0

Yesterday, I was asked to offer ‘Sticky Faith’ (the children’s message) at St Paul’s UMC in Carolina Beach….here is my message: On Friday I had the opportunity to go to Pinehurst NC to attend the Women’s US Open Golf Tournament. It was great to be able to see the best women golfers in the world! While there I got to see Lucy Li play. She’s a 11 year old phenom, which is someone (usually young) with extraordinary talent at something. There were huge crowds on hand to watch her at every hole. I am not sure how she was able to play with all that distraction. When we arrived at the tournament, we were given a map that listed the tee or start times for The rest of the story

Sermon of Lego Discipleship

2014/05/14 Gayle 4

I was asked to speak on May 4th 2014 at St Paul’s UMC in Carolina Beach. After considerable thought I decided to speak on Lego and our successful Lego Club ministry. I was pleased with this concept and set about to write my words. But the words were not coming. Then on a trip to Lake Junaluska (a 7 hour car trip with four middle school aged kids), Shawn, my minister, suggested, after hearing my story about how getting out of the pew changed my life, that “getting out of the pew” should be my topic. I wasn’t convinced and continued to struggle with Lego words and nothing seemed to fit together into a message. With reluctance, on Friday (yes, the Friday just before May The rest of the story