By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Recently, I attended a meeting where my attention span was uniquely challenged. It was the kind of meeting where you check your watch every 30 seconds or so. Then a statement was made that captivated my attention. In the midst of my boredom, a colleague raised a question; namely, “Can you imagine no illiteracy?”

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Before Carowinds, Disney World and Six Flags, the county fair was the highlight of most of our towns.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. During the week of June 28-July 5, I was privileged to travel with a team of 13 youth and clergy led by our team leader Chris Lynch from the Palmetto State to Honduras.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Upon the “fixing” of the pastoral appointments on Wednesday, June 4, the 2014 South Carolina Annual Conference is now history.

By Bishop Holston. Most days I seem to get bogged down in the busyness and irritations of life. Often I am reminded of the quote that says, "Make sure that we never get too busy with life that we don't have time to live." Yet it is so easy to waste time fretting over things that are not important.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Musicians say the hardest part of practicing is taking the instrument out of the case. To begin is to be half done! That is what we need to do with our God-sized dreams.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Karlton was young, bright, strong and smart. He was also away from home for the first time facing opportunities he had worked hard to achieve. He was acutely aware he would need to be at his very best from day one.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. It's that time of year again. That special time when we make resolutions to consider in the new year.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. The point of the whole Christmas message is that what we do with our lives matters to Jesus. Christmas is all about Jesus coming to be with us. It is about Immanuel, God with us, looking on! In fact, we can look and see the image of God in Jesus.

By Bishop Jonathan Holston. Bishop Woodie White tells a story of a new pharmacy that was being built in his community.