Can You Hear The Groans Of Creation?  Good Morning Friends,  One of the unique things about history is being able to look back and to see the moments and turning points in which everything changed. It is fascinating to see how some of the smallest, and seemingly unimportant events, at a certain moment in time, … Continue reading Can You Hear The Groans Of Creation? →

How Welcoming Are You To Others In Need?  Good Morning Friends,  If you were to count, you would find hundreds of passages in the Bible which mention the foreigner, the stranger, the alien, and those wandering about in exile. And not only does our scripture today mention this topic but also makes it clear about … Continue reading How Welcoming Are You To Others In Need? →

What Is Your Personal Sacrifice And Suffering?  Good Morning Friends,  Dietrich Bonhoeffer who lived out today's text from John, knew firsthand what it meant to be a martyr. He said that, 'We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what … Continue reading What Is Your Personal Sacrifice And Suffering? →

How Strong Is Your Home?  Good Morning Friends,  After Hurricane Irma people have been evaluating the strength of their organizational structures. And by this, I mean both the physically and emotionally and spiritual and intellectual and relational ability of them to withstand stress. In today's lectionary selection we have an example of weak links and … Continue reading How Strong Is Your Home? →

Do You Know How To Live Victoriously?  Good Morning Friends,  Good and evil, light and darkness are opposites. They seem to have nothing in common with each other except that they are examples of what happens in our brain when we are deciding and discerning or even experiencing cognitive dissonance. A neuron either fires or … Continue reading Do You Know How To Live Victoriously? →

Who Is Your Master?  Good Morning Friends,  The world is filled with faithful and unfaithful servants. Thankfully we have been set free to be slaves of righteousness instead of slaves to sin. We have been chosen for a purpose but also can choose to ignore it. You see, the purpose of being freed is to … Continue reading Who Is Your Master? →

What Is Wrong With This World?  Good Morning Friends,  There is a law in nature that nothing takes more than it needs and if it does death follows. Sadly, the earth has a growing cancer that believes it has the right to keep more than it can ever use. The air is polluted. The oceans … Continue reading What Is Wrong With This World? →

Are You Rich Toward God?  Good Morning Friends,  The recent disasters in the news and that many of us experienced firsthand helped me to realize in a deeper way that my life is on loan from God and so each moment is something to bring joy. It also reminded me that hording joy is pointless … Continue reading Are You Rich Toward God? →

Where Did Evil Begin?  Good Morning Friends,  President Harry Truman had a plaque on his desk to remind Monday morning quarterbacks of the reality of the power of the commander in chief. The plaque read; "The Buck Stops Here." Well, God declares the same thing in Isaiah 45:7. What God is saying is that God made … Continue reading Where Did Evil Begin? →

Who Are You Afraid Of?  Good Morning Friends,  We had Friday the 13th a week ago and Halloween is just around the corner so I am not out to scare you but you need to know the dangers…you need to know that life on this earth is so short and we all die. So how … Continue reading Who Are You Afraid Of? →