Are You Ready to Return? Are You Ready for the King?  Good Morning Friends,  At one point in my life, about 15 years ago, I managed runaway shelters with the Lutherans. The experience brought me face to face with defiant youth 24/7...youth that had broken off relationships with their parents. They did to their parents what Israel had done … Continue reading Are You Ready to Return? Are You Ready for the King? →

So, How is Your Spiritual Nutrition?  Good Morning Friends,  The people who followed Moses and the people who followed Jesus lived on leftovers. In today's Bible stories we see how the Sabbath declares God's provision and abundance. We see the Hebrews in the desert in conflict over what they perceive as their own interests and what God … Continue reading So, How is Your Spiritual Nutrition? →

Are We Loving Enough to Redeem the Time Until Jesus Comes? Good Morning Friends, When I read about the miracles in the Bible that we too are to share in, it becomes apparent that in perfect love the physical is subject to the spiritual. That is why in prayer, we ask heaven to come to … Continue reading Are We Loving Enough to Redeem the Time Until Jesus Comes? →

Does God's Light Shine Through You? Good Morning Friends, We have a truly beautiful Sanctuary where I worship on Sunday mornings. Vivid colors burst through the windows as the sun shines through them revealing glorious stories of Jesus in the stain glass. Does God's Light Shine Through You? Scripture: Paul wrote, "It is no longer I who live, but it … Continue reading Does God’s Light Shine Through You? →

Are Your Ready To Show The World?  Good Morning Friends,  What is your image of the power of God in His Church? Is it winning souls, changing lives and impacting the communities in which we live? Is it the strict adherence to laws? Today we contemplate Easter and the Ascension and the days of preparation … Continue reading Are Your Ready To Show The World? →

Should We Expect Grace If We Do Not Love?  Good Morning Friends,  The question today as I prepare to spend a week at Laity Lodge in Texas contemplating the issue of scarcity and abundance in the world, is whether we have forsaken God in the experience of our life by not being fully committed to … Continue reading Should We Expect Grace If We Do Not Love? →

Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty or Would You Like it to Overflow?  Good Morning Friends,  In my work I get to meet a lot of people with dough and a lot of people that hunger daily for baked bread. Connecting them both to the Baker is what God does all the time. … Continue reading Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty or Would You Like it to Overflow? →

Do You Have the Voice of Joy?  Good Morning Friends,  This morning I hear birds. But earlier it was silent which got me to thinking about the sounds in the Bible. No, I am not really focusing on connecting sound doctrine and a sound faith and a sound speech as a way of avoiding unsound … Continue reading Do You Have the Voice of Joy? →

Life or Riches?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's scripture passage from Matthew is one of the saddest in the Bible for it mirrors the rejection of Jesus, the Messiah, by the self-righteous Jewish leadership of Jerusalem. Like most of the Jewish leaders here is a man looking for a new and startling word and perhaps wondering if Jesus is the … Continue reading Life or Riches? →

Are You Ready to Venture Out into Deeper Waters?  Good Morning Friends,  When we consider the waters of chaos in Genesis, and the River of Life in the last chapter of Revelation, where chaos is no more....When we consider the role water plays in the stories of creation, the delivery of God's people, and judgment … Continue reading Are You Ready to Venture Out into Deeper Waters? →