What is Your Image of the Power of God in His Church?  Good Morning Friends,  Last night I was reading a bit from the book, With the Holy Spirit and with Fire, by Sam Shoemaker. It is bluntly critical of the shallowness of much of what we call church and it convinced me that we … Continue reading What is Your Image of the Power of God in His Church? →

How Does Repentance Help Us to Predict the Future?    Good Morning Friends,    Last week I contemplated the prophets in the Bible. And came to realize that for many of them their predictions did not come true in their life time. But then it was never really about them. Consider Jonah. He brought on … Continue reading How Does Repentance Help Us to Predict the Future? →

Have You Made A List Of Things For Which You Are Thankful?  Good Morning Friends,  After praying this morning and reading a psalm about being thankful and one about how God upholds both the cosmic and moral order bringing victory, and scripture about the grateful Samaritan, I took some time to write down some of the things … Continue reading Have You Made A List Of Things For Which You Are Thankful? →

Do You Want to Be Guided by the Choicest of Spiritual Gifts?  Good Morning Friends,  Out on the mission frontier one gets to meet some amazing people. People that risk it all. Some of them function as teachers and others as preachers and artists. They have a variety of gifts God has placed in them … Continue reading Do You Want to Be Guided by the Choicest of Spiritual Gifts? →

Are You Ready To Share Scripture and Prayer At The City Gates?   Good Morning Friends,  Timothy had known Paul from his youth, and Paul was like a spiritual father to him. In his letters to Timothy, Paul desires to pass on some spiritual DNA. He knows the end is drawing near. In his second letter … Continue reading Are You Ready To Share Scripture and Prayer At The City Gates? →

Do You Know What Real Giving Is About?  Good Morning Friends,  Not all widows are poor and not all widows are generous, but whether wealthy or not they can help us to learn the nature of impressing God. The harsh reality is that our buying and giving habits can often perpetuate systems that marginalize the … Continue reading Do You Know What Real Giving Is About? →

How Much Spiritual Risk Capital Are You Willing To Invest?  Good Morning Friends,  I am always looking for opportunities to nudge others to experience new ways to serve God. Sometimes I will prompt others to experience the multiplying effect of God's love by giving a specific person a $20 bill with the contingency that they … Continue reading How Much Spiritual Risk Capital Are You Willing To Invest? →

Is the Pope Catholic?  Good Morning Friends,  I worship in a Presbyterian Church but my worship of God is not limited to such a place. I am constantly making connections and so I find it interesting that Pope Francis has really embraced a life that does not condemn others but is fundamentally a reformed tradition … Continue reading Is the Pope Catholic? →

How Do We See Though the Eyes of Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  If you are prepared to be more impressed with the greatness of God than with the sin of the world....if you would like to seek to learn how to transform the communities in which you live and work, listen up. When Jesus sees … Continue reading How Do We See Though the Eyes of Jesus? →

Have You Lost Something That Needs To Be Found?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's parable is about lost things, but is also true about people who are spiritually lost. Here we might just discover we are meant to respond to them in a way that honors Jesus. Here we find that it is best to respond to people who are … Continue reading Have You Lost Something That Needs To Be Found? →