What's in a Name?  Good Morning Friends,    Luke says that our names are written down in heaven. Believers are given names or titles like Christian, Disciple, Child of God or Saint after they choose to obey. As Christians we have taken on the name of Christ. With that name comes a responsibility. In Proverbs, that gem for daily living, … Continue reading What’s in a Name? →

Is Being A Christian A Reasonable Thing To Do In The World Today?  Good Morning Friends,  The Redemption of the Image of the cross into a symbol of love is a bit strange. It answers lots of questions about God's power but raises others. Many have called the whole thing into question. That a tool … Continue reading Is Being A Christian A Reasonable Thing To Do In The World Today? →

How Do We Truly Flourish?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday we were discussing the two by two relationships between order and abundance in nature and culture and the two by two relationship between authority and vulnerability in the act of creating. The setting was an Andy Crouch lecture and musical performance. It was creative and filled … Continue reading How Do We Truly Flourish? →

How Is The Hole In Your Heart Being Filled?  Good Morning Friends,  I live in Southwest Florida and one of the ways that has been suggested for me to pray is to go to the beach to experience a sunset and the healing repetition of the waves as love washing away sin. Feels a little like meditation. … Continue reading How Is The Hole In Your Heart Being Filled? →

What's in Your Pot?  Good Morning Friends,  In today's scripture selection we see that God created us in a divine image...we see that the Sabbath was made for us so we can regularly respond to God and be filled with His Spirit to overflowing. We see that the creative act of God has a rhythm of … Continue reading What’s in Your Pot? →

How Can We Reflect God's Image in Culture?  Good Morning Friends,  The nature of sin is that it makes us forget who we really are, it prompts us to try and create ourselves in some other image than of those things reflecting God. It is the willful act of trying to replace the divine, the … Continue reading How Can We Reflect God’s Image in Culture? →

What Is Truly Needed?  Good Morning Friends,  As you read today's devotional please remember the scripture reading in your mind's eye and see the power of a poor lame beggar receiving healing. He sits at a gateway waiting expectantly for something incredibly beautiful to enter into his life. And when at last it is received, it prompts him to jump for joy. Everyone becomes filled with wonder. Those touched witness to … Continue reading What Is Truly Needed? →

Is Everything Connected And If So How?  Good Morning Friends,  Paul writes about the unity of the Body of Christ in his letter to the Ephesians and Romans. But behind it is something more important than an organization of like-minded people. Paul is writing about a reality that is bonded together at a much deeper … Continue reading Is Everything Connected And If So How? →

What Would God Have Us Write On Our Hearts Now?  Good Morning Friends,  There are lots of blessings we have been given by God. Most frequently we might think of the Covenant of Abraham and its linkage with faith but that is just the beginning for we have been blessed to be a blessing in … Continue reading What Would God Have Us Write On Our Hearts Now? →

Why Do We Try To Make God Small?  Good Morning Friends,  I am not sure what comes to your mind when you think about God. But for some they shrink God down to a manageable size that in unthreatening. God is in the little stuff of life. No doubt about it. But we should not … Continue reading Why Do We Try To Make God Small? →