Overcoming Motion Sickness
Have you ever experienced motion sickness? Persons who suffer from motion sickness become severely ill when traveling at certain speeds or distances. In many cases,…
Author
Melvin Amerson
Melvin Amerson is Senior Area Representative and Resource Specialist with the Texas Methodist Foundation (TMF) and serves on the Texas Annual Conference Church Leadership Team. He is an author and coauthor of several books, most recently Stewardship in African American Churches, available on Cokesbury and Amazon.
Christmas Giving for Christ
Soon the seasons of Advent and Christmas will be with us, and we will be inundated with commercials and product advertisements on television, radio, and…
Casting a Vision
Not long ago, while driving along the coast observing nature, I became aware of countless people fishing. I wondered what their visions or expectations were…
A God Corrected Vision
“Where there is no vision, the people will perish,” Proverbs reminds us. Vision is one of the five human senses, but is also one of…
Spiritual Hardening of the Arteries
“Where your treasure is so will your heart be also,” Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:21. We live in a country and culture where heart…
A Spiritual Recovery
Today, we are faced with a terrifying financial crisis in both domestic and global financial markets. The economy is in dire straits according to leading…
Helping Our Children Become Worshipful Givers
Children and youth are typically given little attention in relation to worship through giving. The reasons range from, “They are only children,” to “They don’t…