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My grandfather’s voice cracked as he spoke, and I leaned closer better to hear. It was 1969 with my brother and best friend, Sonny, being deployed to Vietnam. Grandfather had been telling me of life at home when Sonny’s and my father joined the Merchant Marines and survived four years in the North Atlantic and … Continue reading
The missionaries Cyrus and Ethel Dawsey were charged in 1915 with implanting Methodism in the sugarcane, coffee, cattle region of the westward interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. With a toddler, a newborn, and three more children yet to come, the couple settled in Birigui, today a town of 120,000 people but in … Continue reading
Maybe you have noticed, as I have, that small acts can bear fruit, as the Bible claims, thirty and sixty and a hundred-fold. This is a story about my grandfather, Cyrus B. Dawsey (1886-1976), who became a missionary to South America and bishop in the Methodist Church. The main event occurred in 1906 when Grandfather … Continue reading
By the late twentieth century, the Methodist University in Piracicaba had an enrollment of over 10,000 students and was reputed to be one of the best private universities in South America. The school was founded on September 11, 1881, by a missionary from Louisville, Kentucky, Martha Watts, who based her work on the Christian belief … Continue reading
Students and friends have asked for my opinion about the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. What does the religion professor have to say? Did the conservative majority on the court overthrow forty-nine years of precedent to in effect adopt a religious ruling? The subject elicits strong passions. When abortions occur, families much prefer … Continue reading
Sermon preached by the Reverend Doctor Fred Kellogg at the Emory United Methodist Church, Virginia, March 2018. Our scripture lesson comes from the closing verses of Matthew’s Gospel, after Jesus’ Resurrection. It is often called the Great Commission. Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When … Continue reading
A sermon by Jacob Dye, a pre-ministerial student at Emory & Henry College, delivered on Sunday, February 25, 2018, the Second Sunday in Lent & Greek Sunday, a the Emory United Methodist Church Text: Genesis 17:1-7,15-16; Mark 8:31-38 Before I get started this morning, I do realize that with today being Greek Sunday, there are people in … Continue reading
Remarks about the Rev. Dr. William Fletcher Rogers, Jr. Born March 12, 1912 Passed Away Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Memorial Service of February 10, 2008 Jim Dawsey “My Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled neither … Continue reading
Sermon: Light Has Dawned, January 22, 2017 Lectionary Reading: Matthew 4:12-22. “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light; and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned.” Introduction: Enough! When I was 6 or 7 or 8 and a winter front would creep through and … Continue reading
Scripture. When Paul finished speaking, he knelt down with the people and prayed. There was much weeping. They embraced and kissed, sad, because all knew they would see Paul’s face no more. Acts 20:36-38 Introduction. In chapter 20 of the Book of Acts, we are told about Paul’s last meeting with people he loved from … Continue reading
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