The Healing Choice Good Morning Friends, As believers, we know that it is important to do God's will. But finding God's will for our individual and collective lives is a lot of work. Paul tells us to "work out our salvation." He doesn't tell us to "work for our salvation." He is telling us that … Continue reading The Healing Choice →

Minister-at-large Good Morning Friends, This morning at Moorings we have a guest Minister, Dr. John Huffman. He has witnesses a lot of changes in his 75 years and met a lot of interesting people. Following his service in several local churches he has taken on a worthy goal and now serves wherever he might be … Continue reading Minister-at-large →

Born to Worship not Worry Good Morning Friends, Today's message is clear. Because Jesus has rescued us from the darkness and has given us the power of love and self-discipline... Because He reveals God... Because Jesus fuels our desire to seek, to know and to respond to God's will... Because Jesus teaches us to join … Continue reading Born to Worship not Worry →

The Providence of God  Good Morning Friends, Wednesday night, at choir, we practiced a song that is a paraphrase of Psalm 23 and in meditating on it the director was led to one word that is the focus of today's devotional. This song we are scheduled to sing on Sunday asks this question, "Oh what … Continue reading The Providence of God →

Pursuit of God is Anything but Trivial Good Morning Friends, There are those who are not satisfied until they have experienced more of life. They have discovered that the more intimate our encounter with something or someone, the more profound our desire to know and experience more. This is true in our experience of people … Continue reading Pursuit of God is Anything but Trivial →

The Wizard of Awe Good Morning Friends, So what do you do when you have a Scarecrows brain, a Tin Man's heart and lack a Lion's courage? Well you go to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz of course. Well that is how the storyline goes but the reform symbolism used by L. Frank Baum in … Continue reading The Wizard of Awe →

"The One You Feed." Good Morning in Friends There is a Native American proverb that goes like this: A tribal elder is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he says to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two dogs. One is evil - he … Continue reading “The One You Feed.” →

Micro Aggression or Macro Aggression Good Morning Friends, There is a developing form of communication being born out of the painful intersections of intimacy in the multicultural, ethnically diverse environment that is the flow of people to the world's cities. To some it is seen as a social disease, to some antagonistic diplomacy. To others … Continue reading Micro Aggression or Macro Aggression →

Divine Interruptions Good Morning Friends, Whatever your goals are today be aware that events might well intervene to change the direction and course of what was happening in your life. The flow of activities could press the work of the moment into service of another kind that more reflects worship and opportunity. You may not … Continue reading Divine Interruptions →

Live Long and Prosper Good Morning Friends, What do you think of when I say blessings? It is my benediction for you each morning as you start the day. Now it is habit, but in the forming of it perhaps my mind was guided by the words of the Beatitudes, or the blessings of God … Continue reading Live Long and Prosper →