Is The Sum More Than The Total Of Its Parts?  Good Morning Friends,  To the Western way of thinking the whole is simply the sum total of its parts. This point of view works fairly well until we come to people and their senses and their spirit. Plain and simple, a human body is not … Continue reading Is The Sum More Than The Total Of Its Parts? →

Why Do Passion and Palms Go Together So Well?  Good Morning Friends,  As we continue our Lenten journey moving ever closer to Holy Week and on this day of all days, it is good to review the lessons from the palm tree. First they grow in adversity even in deserts. They break the bond tied around … Continue reading Why Do Passion and Palms Go Together So Well? →

Is All This Just A Coincidence?  Good Morning Friends,  The story and success of the Jewish people is pretty incredible. In many ways their very existence proves the accuracy of the Bible. The odds of all those prophecies being fulfilled and the very existence of Israel today defies the law of probabilities. But, Is All … Continue reading Is All This Just A Coincidence? →

How Are You Holding Up Against The Challenges Of The World?  Good Morning Friends,  Jeremiah had been put in the stocks by the chief priest, for having the audacity to prophecy bad things coming to Jerusalem! Even then, there was no stopping Jeremiah from telling it as he saw it. He kept speaking forth the … Continue reading How Are You Holding Up Against The Challenges Of The World? →

What Promise Do You Need To Keep?  Good Morning Friends,  In today's scripture is an opportunity to lay a foundation that can help us to better experience and understand the events of Holy Week. In the text Jesus makes some amazing claims about himself, life and death and the law and it really upsets the … Continue reading What Promise Do You Need To Keep? →

Who Will Be Made Free?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we continue with a focus on how God saves us and sets the captives free. We look at a Gospel reading about being freed and then also we look at the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. In them we see how … Continue reading Who Will Be Made Free? →

Will You Accept Jesus' Offer of Salvation?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at the prescribed method whereby we must be saved. We look for a supernatural more than a medical healing. But somehow realize that they are connected. The method might at first seem odd or maybe even crazy. But it really amounts to … Continue reading Will You Accept Jesus’ Offer of Salvation? →

What Did Jesus Write In The Sand?  Good Morning Friends,  We are going to look at a story of Jesus today and I think this story best illustrates how Jesus was full of Grace and Truth. We have also offered some scripture to enlighten us as to what was happening in the event. Let me … Continue reading What Did Jesus Write In The Sand? →

How Does Music Penetrate and Transform?  Good Morning Friends,  Today my family, eleven singers from Mexico City and the Moorings Chancel Choir sing Schubert's Mass in G with a string orchestra and organ as part of a Communion service. The Mass has six movement each conveying in music the essence of the meaning of the … Continue reading How Does Music Penetrate and Transform? →

What Did Jesus Play As A Child?  Good Morning Friends,  Have you ever wondered what Jesus might have played with when he was growing up? It is fun to imagine what the games and activities would look like and the fun that Jesus may have had playing them with his family and friends. But it … Continue reading What Did Jesus Play As A Child? →