By Dr. Rebekah McCloud There’s a commercial that features a teenaged boy and his parents. The parents are going out for the evening and leave the young man with the task of doing his laundry. When they return, he has indeed washed and dried his laundry. His Mom looked at the heaping pile and says Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud When I was a kid, each summer my family went on a fishing trip to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. My dad was a fisherman and one of his life’s goals was to teach us to fish and to love it as much as he did. Momma didn’t like to fish; she Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud I have a dreaded disease, I’m a packrat. Some of you might have it, too. How do you know? What are the signs and symptoms? Well, when you can shop in your own closet, drawers and cabinets and find things that still have tags on them or things you haven’t used Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Stewardship is a Biblical principle that is about how we use our time, talent, money and resources. The concept has been echoed throughout the Bible beginning with the first book. Genesis 2:15 says, “The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Spoiler alert, in case you haven’t figured it out, I’m going to talk about M-O-N-E-Y. A-Z it’s called Almighty dollar, Bacon, Benjamins, Bookoo Bucks, and Bread; C-notes, Cash, Change, Cheddar, Clams, and Coins; Dead Presidents, Dinero, Doubloons, Dough, Five-Spots, Franklins, and Funds; Gs, Gravy, Greenbacks, Gwop, Hundies, Jacksons, and Knots; Loot, Read More …

Dr. Rebekah McCloud Last Sunday, if you were here, you heard two messages. I want to take a few minutes to weave those two together and put a little extra, extra in there for you to think about. Last week I told you that God has big hands. Pastor told us that all things work Read More …

Dr. Rebekah McCloud My father had big hands. They were working man’s hands. They were calloused and permanently stained from dirt and oil. But how I relished the touch of those big hands. When we were kids, he would put his hand on top of our heads and his fingers would cover our faces. We Read More …

Dr. Rebekah McCloud We are at that time of year when we start to reflect on the resolutions, declarations, decrees, goals and/or promises that we made to ourselves for the year. It’s also time for us to review the accomplishments and/or failures of such. Did we receive the blessings we sought? Did we come close? Read More …

Dr. Rebekah McCloud My grandson Kevin loves to play games on his Xbox. Often, he dons his headset and plays with partners from across town or across the country. Recently, I noticed that when he was playing, he would yell out what I thought was a sound, “yeet.” He said it so often, that it Read More …

Dr. Rebekah McCloud Momma had her own language. Sometimes she used words I had never heard before. I came to appreciate the beauty of her language. She often spoke in similes and metaphors and used alliterations and idioms. In her conversations, she quoted scriptures, lines from hymns and sometimes she just made sounds and utterances. Read More …