Do You Not See How Love and Grace Connect in Our Lives to Bring Us Joy? Good Morning Friends, God gives each of special abilities and expects us to be faithful in using what we have been given. We are to invest our gifts in kingdom service. There's no getting around the fact that we … Continue reading Do You Not See How Love and Grace Connect in Our Lives to Bring Us Joy? →

What is Your Love Language? Good Morning Friends, In a week it will be Valentine's Day so I wanted to plant some seeds in advance to give them a chance to sprout, for loving one another and God is more difficult than one might think. It takes time. It takes all our heart, mind, soul … Continue reading What is Your Love Language? →

Do We Have the Time to be Touched and Take a Child by the Hand? Good Morning Friends, There have been times before I looked at the clock I would tell others the exact time... lucky guess maybe. But how much more extensive is God's sense of timing. It is perfect yesterday, today and tomorrow. … Continue reading Do We Have the Time to be Touched and Take a Child by the Hand? →

Why Exactly Does It Help to Sing Hymns? Good Morning Friends, Elijah prayed for rain. And boy is it raining and thundering now as I write this. But last night the weather was great and we had choir practice. Ed Byrom, our Interim Choir Director started it off with the reading of scripture from Paul's … Continue reading Why Exactly Does It Help to Sing Hymns? →

What Do You Hear In Your Soul? 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 ego...let it go too. Submit to the silence. Good... … Continue reading What Do You Hear In Your Soul? →

So Who Do You Say Jesus Is? Good Morning Friends, If we are honest, every one of us has questions about our faith and how to live. We ask ourselves things like: 'Is the Bible true?' 'Why does God allow suffering?' 'Am I truly forgiven?' 'Will I really go to heaven when I die?' There … Continue reading So Who Do You Say Jesus Is? →

Do You Have the Hope and Memory of God's Love? Good Morning Friends, After watching the Super Bowl last night I figure some people are going to need some cognitive retraining. Memory problems plague us all and they did the Hebrew nation brought out of Egypt. Maybe that is why everything in the book of … Continue reading Do You Have the Hope and Memory of God’s Love? →

Are We Spiritually Mature Enough to be a Comforting Christian?   Good Morning Friends, I have several Christian friends who have suffered the loss of a love one and there is a specific characteristic of them all and that is I am sure born out of their having been forged in the fire, the great pain … Continue reading Are We Spiritually Mature Enough to be a Comforting Christian? →