Why should Christians bother with the Old Testament? Isn’t it out of date? After all, wasn’t it written well over a thousand years ago? It was another time, another culture, another world. And didn’t we replace it with the New Testament? Isn’t the Old Testament a book of judgment, while the New T...

The light seemed brighter than normal here. It stung our eyes when we walked outside. It could have been the fact that we had been in a dimly lit tent for a couple of hours, and the transition into any sunlight would have been extreme. It could have been that we were in the desert where everythin...

“Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always h...

The response of the church has been an issue that has recently been under scrutiny across the nation. Historically, many women who have experienced the terror and violence of domestic abuse have often gone to their faith communities for help, only to experience the heartbreak of being blamed, tur...

I recently heard a sermon that truly changed my life. The sermon, by Tim Mackie, the founder of The Bible Project, was called Praying and Acting. His message changed the way I pray one of the most famous prayers in the New Testament. You know it as The Lord’s Prayer. We find this famous prayer st...

Mary Claire's experience with Highland Park United Methodist Church started at Night OWLS when she was three. For ten years, Mary Claire and her identical twin Julia were Night OWLS regulars, and they loved it! My husband, Bob and I were so grateful for the rare evening out. That’s when we starte...

Dear HPUMC, I rarely engage in political matters. They too often hijack the mission of the Church. Besides, they’re inherently divisive. Churches should be filled with a representative diversity of the political spectrum. That’s the way the world is. That’s one of the reasons I love the United Me...

On Thursday, June 14th, the final beam was placed at the top of the third floor of the Tolleson Family Activity center. The milestone was met with shouts of excitement and congratulations from all of HPUMC’s Staff and partners of the Beyond Capital Campaign. June marks the halfway point of constr...

Did you know that the primary reason students leave SMU is because of homesickness? Located just behind campus on Daniel Street, Wesley House, HPUMC’s college ministry, is dedicated to creating a place for students to find community, connect with others, and call home. The current building in whi...

Paul’s blockbuster summer series, Elijah, Force of Nature, chronicles the epic mission of Elijah to lead the Israelites back to the one true God, Yahweh. Elijah must go head to head with one of the most evil rulers the world has ever seen in fulfilling God’s mission for his life. An underlying ch...