The Rev. Dr. Wm. Louis "Lou" Piel
Wm. Louis (Lou) Piel is the Pastor of the Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Finksburg, Md. He is an ordained elder in the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the UM Church. He serves on the Shepherd's Staff Board of Carroll County and the historic Strawbridge Shrine Board in New Windsor, Md. He is a graduate of the McDonogh School, Dickinson College, the Divinity School of Duke University and has a D. Min from the Lancaster Theological Seminary.
- The Bible has been “my book” since I received a copy in Sunday school and a study Bible from my father in my early teens. I love the Holy Scriptures. I have spent years reading and studying them. But I don’t worship them. I worship God in Christ Jesus.
- Jesus’ home was among people. He lived with them. He suffered with them. He laughed with them. He knew them. He challenged them. Most important, he loved them. He loved them to the point that he would put his life on the line for them.
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- Jesus’ challenge to his disciples, to me and to you is this “so if I your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
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- Before we deal with “essential” or “nonessential” we need to ask the question, “What do we mean by the word ‘church’?” While the church building could be called “important” not only as a gathering place for its members but also often as a community building it is not “essential.”
