The Hope of New Beginnings Good Morning Friends, The party is nearly over for 2014. We wait for 2015. The dawn of a new year is coming. It has been an exhausting year that might well have gotten us so absorbed and engaged that we became oblivious to God. Thankfully, despite the distractions and obligations of … Continue reading The Hope of New Beginnings →

In Hope of the Fulfillment and in Thanks for the Message of the Wise Men Good Morning Friends, Ok, Herod and his constituents and the magi had one thing in common... they were all recipients of the "epiphany" we will celebrate in a little over a week. You see, neither the magi nor Herod had … Continue reading In Hope of the Fulfillment and in Thanks for the Message of the Wise Men →

The Second Day of Christmas Hope Good Morning Friends, The Christ of Christmas can be near us in every season...the best of times and the worst of times change in the timeless reality of God's love as the gifts multiply and our behavior somehow changes in the love of it all. So in the next year we … Continue reading The Second Day of Christmas Hope →

More than Just Christmas Day Hope Good Morning Friends, Listen for the sounds of angels that announce the birth of Christ. Listen for the sound of truth beyond the surface things. Look out into the world dangerously for the images of Christ and desire to know more. Listen for the sounds and look out for the images … Continue reading More than Just Christmas Day Hope →

Magnified Hope and Love  Good Morning Friends, Soon the anticipation of Christmas will be replaced with the light and warmth of Christ's love with us symbolized in the lighting of candles this Christmas Eve. Indeed Christ coming to take up residence inside us is the reason for this season and is Magnified Hope and Love. Scripture: To [his saints] God chose to make … Continue reading Magnified Hope and Love →

22The Living Hope of Glory Good Morning Friends, When we are suffering as children of God through difficulties, of the dark cold of winter nights, sometimes we have been called to endure them for a holy purpose because we are children of God born anew and waiting to be transformed. Friends, through our faithful witness … Continue reading The Living Hope of Glory →

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Good Morning Friends, When we were children, there was a saying we would often hear and sometimes say related to promises we were making and the likelihood that if we broke that promise something bad would happen. The last part of the phrase was what I imagined would … Continue reading Cross My Heart and Hope to Die →

Old or New Hope Good Morning Friends, Today is the 4th Sunday in Advent. Here we see that when stories converge power is created. The beauty is that in reading Bible stories we get glimpses of encouragement and insights and compassion that can translate into our current experience of God. The objects of focus may … Continue reading Old or New Hope →

18Finding Hope in Dark Places Good Morning Friends, Think you know what today's topic is really about? Read today's scripture carefully and see if you come to the same conclusions as I that the greater the pain, the more desperate the circumstance, the stronger, more confident this asset becomes. This friends is not just optimism. … Continue reading Finding Hope in Dark Places →

In Hope of a Holiday Filled with Holy History Good Morning Friends, I am thinking this morning about how God works and not just in the act of sending His son to save us but even now in the guiding of the spirit of love and thanksgiving of the seasons of nature and the seasons … Continue reading In Hope of a Holiday Filled with Holy History →