Hi everyone,

I pray that your summer has been going well. I spent last week with middle school students at a United Methodist Summer camp. Our Camp was at the base of a valley and up the hill, there is a lovely hike to oversee the valley. At the top of the hike, there is a beautiful cross that’s visible from far away. It’s hard to spot, but can you see the cross on the ridge?

I’ve been reading a lot about the stories of Methodist founder John Wesley. He meet with his accountability group and they had 22 questions they used. I’m going to copy them below.

These are 22 questions the members of John Wesley’s Holy Club asked themselves every day in their private devotions over 200 years ago.

• Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?

• Am I honest in all my acts and words, or do I exaggerate?

• Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in confidence?

• Can I be trusted?

• Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?

• Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?

• Did the Bible live in me today?

• Do I give it time to speak to me everyday?

• Am I enjoying prayer?

• When did I last speak to someone else about my faith?

• Do I pray about the money I spend?

• Do I get to bed on time and get up on time?

• Do I disobey God in anything?

• Do I insist upon doing something about which my conscience is uneasy?

• Am I defeated in any part of my life?

• Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful?

• How do I spend my spare time?

• Am I proud?

• Do I thank God that I am not as other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the publican?

• Is there anyone whom I fear, dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what am I doing about it?

• Do I grumble or complain constantly?

• Is Christ real to me?

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