On Fire

On Fire for Christ

Pictured is a new men's quartet at Longs Peak UMC. 

Yes, believe it or not, it is four new sauces sold by the United Methodist Men (our champion BBQers) under the United Methodist Cross and Flame logo:  "On Fire for Christ Cajun Cayenne Hot Sauce,"  "On Fire for Christ Garlic Ginger Steak Sauce," "On Fire for Christ Mango Hot Sauce," and "On Fire for Christ BBQ Sauce."   Low sugar, made from natural ingredients, and if not blessed at least promoted with zeal, how could you go wrong?  For information on obtaining same, contact Salvation Sauce in Englewood, CO (888-346-8728.   This so cracks me up, I bought one of each.  It's like eating kosher.

I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the United Methodist Men for, in addition to their culinary talents (Annual Chicken Roast coming up next Saturday), the great job they did delivering this Sunday's service, as was done in United Methodist churches all over the world. 

The three men who spoke each gave a personal testimony from a specific period in his life. This is unusual in a United Methodist congregation. We're willing to serve the church and the world, but we generally leave the public testifying to the pastor. What stuck with me most was the man who spoke of his teenage years as a time when he "had a fistful of questions."   I still have a fistful.  Get one sorted out, the others keep wiggling and changing.

The Longs Peak Dixieland Gospel Band jammed on traditionally peppy Methodist hymns, and  during the Children's Time my heart was strangely warmed, as John Wesley would say, by the wrinkled, balding gentleman willing to sit among the little ones and represent "Old Turtle."