The Plenty in Poverty Good Morning Friends, St. Francis is credited with describing poverty as sublime...a treasure so very precious and divine. On his death bed he requested a reading of Psalm 140 which reinforces the reality of the struggle and a dilemma we all face. Read it when you get a chance for it … Continue reading The Plenty in Poverty →

The Lost Home Good Morning Friends, On Monday we prayed with the Pastor of the Church that ministers to the Haitian families of those shot and killed in Immokalee on Sunday and prayed with a woman, Mary Delva, who had taken all her life savings of $43,000 and bought a home in Immokalee only to … Continue reading The Lost Home →

Two Very Radical Commands Good Morning Friends, Two Haitians were killed in Immokalee last night and I cannot help but think that pride was at root of it. When people presume to think they can live by their own rules it always seems to end badly. God knows the difference and has given us guidance … Continue reading Two Very Radical Commands →

Out of the Boat Thinking Good Morning Friends, I've heard a lot of conversation on the passage about Jesus walking on water that has focused on Peter, who finds himself sinking into stormy seas when he begins to doubt Jesus. But if we only focus on the moment that Peter sinks, we will have missed … Continue reading Out of the Boat Thinking →

Incarnational Citizenship Yesterday I had a chance to meet Lloyd Fonzie Blankfein the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. He has a net worth of $450 million. He came out of the projects in the Bronx and makes $55 million a year in salary. He was introduced by the Lead Director of Goldman Sachs. Some … Continue reading Incarnational Citizenship →

Gain Our Soul Good Morning Friends, The gospel reading below is one that you want to throw back and fish out another one. For a moment I desire to go back to sleep until another scripture comes along to spark my writing. Maybe Ephesians 4 or John 17 or 1 Corinthians 12. Those are ones … Continue reading Gain Our Soul →

Seed Change Good Morning Friends, With global climate change and growth in the human population and issues of water use around the world we could be headed into some very tough times. Mechanisms to assure food is available and accessible and nutritious for the people of this planet could become an even more serious challenge … Continue reading Seed Change →

Experience of the Good, Good, Good Vibrations. Good Morning Friends, Be still now. Quiet. Ok and now that inner chatter, let it go too. Ok just stop it, stop trying to protect, to rescue, to judge, to manage...to control the lives around you. Now your own life...let it go too. Submit to the silence. Good... … Continue reading Experience of the Good, Good, Good Vibrations →

Making Disciples of All Nations Good Morning Friends, The squirrels at the Lawson are a bit agitated this morning. They have been eating the Starbucks coffee grounds I put in the garden. And it makes me think that maybe we also are going too fast. Maybe the great disconnect between church and religion and spirituality … Continue reading Making Disciples of All Nations →

Faith Worth Fighting For Good Morning Friends, Not so many years ago on Sunday mornings I would get together with a group of older men, mostly Presbyterian veterans of World War II, and study the Bible. Sometimes we would sing Onward Christian Soldiers. The singing of the hymn has gone out of fashion. People falsely … Continue reading Faith Worth Fighting For →