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November 7, 2021 ~ Rev. Beckie Sweet During the 1980’s, my mother served as a director of the Women’s Division and the General Board of Global Ministries.  Because Mom was not employed outside the home at that time, she was available so serve as a Mission and Advance Special Project Inspector on behalf of those bodies.  A group of these inspectors would visit every UM Mission site around the world once each four...

October 31, 2021 ~ Rev. Beckie Sweet Our nation, its states and cities, have a lot of whacky laws on the books.  Did you know that in Alaska it is illegal to push a live moose out of a moving plane?  In Rehobeth Beach, Delaware if Halloween falls on a Sunday, as it does today, there will be no trick-or-treating on that Sunday.  The trick-or-treating must take place on All Hallows Eve Eve.  In Florida, if an...

October 24, 2021 ~ Rev. Beckie Sweet Don’t you love Bartimaeus? Here is a person who knows what he wants and goes after it no matter how much he embarrasses everyone else. “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” he shouts. His fellow townspeople are mortified. “Shush!” they say. “Be quiet, you hollering maniac! The one celebrity we get in this town and you yell at him like a fool!” Bartimaeus doesn’t care. He knows Jesus has what he...

October 17, 2021 ~ Rev. Beckie Sweet During the American Revolution a man in civilian clothes rode past a group of soldiers repairing a small defensive barrier.  Their leader was shouting instructions, but making no attempt to help the soldiers.  Asked why by the rider, the leader reported with great dignity, “Sir, I am a corporal!”  The stranger apologized, dismounted, and proceeded to help the exhausted...

October 10, 2021 ~ Rev. Beckie Sweet In 1993, former president Jimmy Carter presented the commencement address to the graduating class at Rice University in Houston, Texas.  He shared the story of a young college first year student who overslept for the final exam in geometry and pleaded for mercy from his professor.  The professor granted it – sort of.  “If you provide an accurate answer for one question, I will submit...