"So, What Comes Next?" Good Morning Friends, God is intervening with an invitation in our everyday life to bring us what may be the penultimate expression of Christendom. Here in the tension of the past and the perfection of the future we are now wondering and asking, "So, What Comes Next?" Scripture: After this I … Continue reading “So, What Comes Next?” →

True/ But Still Our perceptions of the world are so refracted so it is difficult to achieve absolute certainty about much of anything. The Bible is however a mirror for us to see who we are and where we are. Still we have to see. And when I look into the Bible I see that … Continue reading True/ But Still →

Seeking Things in Proper Order Good Morning Friends, It seems that I am always looking for something. It is usually my keys, my glasses, my cell phone, a business card, or a tool I laid down. And then on occasion, often in the pantry, I sometimes seek for the reason I went in there in … Continue reading Seeking Things in Proper Order →

To Believe Good Morning Friends, A Monk was ask how it was like to live in a monastery and specifically about the vows. His response was interesting. He said that poverty was a snap. Celibacy was manageable, but obedience was a real booger. It makes one wonder about the connection between obedience and prayer... what … Continue reading To Believe →

# Singing with Imagination #The Weapon of Love #The Christian Mentor Good Morning Friends, There is power in how we group our thoughts...how we imagine a better world...how we communicate in a more excellent way...how we help others to wield power. The proper order makes the recipe work. The focus today is about how people … Continue reading # Singing with Imagination #The Weapon of Love #The Christian Mentor →

The Way and the Power Good Morning Friends, As a small boy I loved throwing flat stones into water at Lake Isaak Walton in Southern Illinois to make splashes or to see how many times I could make them skip. In Florida on the Gulf Beaches I did the same with flat shells weathered by … Continue reading The Way and the Power →

"I Just Don't Believe It!" Good Morning Friends, The sermon on Sunday inspired some and disturbed others. One was left with the feeling that someone was lying to us. Well that has happened before. The topic was Creationism vs. Evolution. The debate is typically not the pulpit topic on a Sunday in the PCUSA churches. … Continue reading “I Just Don’t Believe It!” →

To Compare is to Despair Good Morning Friends, Over the weekend we watched some of the football playoffs and the competition to select the United States Winter Olympics athletes in the upcoming games. Something that struck me is the growing interest in personal bests, focusing the individual's competition internally instead of a battle with the … Continue reading To Compare is to Despair →

Learn to Confront Evil Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we were studying Genesis 1 and the creation story against the first chapter of John. One of the challenging questions before us was the problem of evil and whether God created it, and if He did why. Frankly I am a little reluctant to jump into this … Continue reading Learn to Confront Evil →

The Opposium Totalis Good Morning Friends, Often the Christian faith is viewed as being compliant and fitting into the mold of religion. The problem is that this approach really only satisfies an external holiness not an inward one. So today we explore going against the grain. Today we speak up noting that all too often … Continue reading The Opposium Totalis →