By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Some of our worst fears and greatest accomplishments are realized at the point of a decision. Often, we find ourselves in places of decision with no answers in sight.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Over the years we have developed a bad habit. Our problem is that we have become so familiar with the Christmas story that we no longer even stop to consider what it really means.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. The campaign for Imagine No Malaria is under way, and the stakes are high.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. It has been said that “when spoken together at just the right moment, there are two words that have amazing life-changing power.” These two words possess the capacity to breathe into us new life, to lift burdens and calm fears as well as to inspire hope.”

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. At the 2015 South Carolina Annual Conference, our laity and clergy accepted the clarion call to connect with United Methodists across the globe to end deaths by malaria.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. At 3:55 p.m., the 2015 Session of the South Carolina Annual Conference came to an end and a new conference year took flight. Our time in Florence was a glorious experience of Christian conferencing and celebration.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Max Lucado writes in a devotional these thoughts: “Every day deserves a chance, a shot, a tryout, an audition, a swing at the plate, an opportunity to be a good day.”

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. I’m guessing that everyone has a scar story. In some peculiar way, they help shape us and serve as a visible reminder. I believe there is a story behind every scar.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. It was in 1896 that Professor George Washington Carver received a letter from Dr. Booker T. Washington. It was a plea for help from the president of one institution of higher learning, Tuskegee Institute, to a well-known professor of agriculture at another institution, Iowa State College.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Some years ago, Dionne Warwick recorded a popular song written by Hal David and Bert Bacharach, which stated these simple words; namely, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love, it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.”

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. So we’re at that place where we’re checking our resolution list again. Unfortunately, just like last year and in previous years as well, we notice that there were some resolutions we achieved with excellence while others left much to be desired.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Our son, Karlton, was a student at the Euharlee Elementary School in Rockmart, Ga. His teacher Mrs. Brown was one of his favorites.