Do You Really Want To Be Wise?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we read about how the Passover meal strengthened and sustained God's people during their journey to the Promised Land and how Holy Communion strengthens and sustains believers as they journey through life seeking the understanding of the Spirit. It all comes together for good … Continue reading Do You Really Want To Be Wise? →

Are You Ready To Stop The Blame Game?  Good Morning Friends,  We live in a time of victimology and I am not sure we fully understand the specific causes and the nature of suffering connecting victims their perpetrators and other social groups and institutions. There is so much below the surface of our emotions. The … Continue reading Are You Ready To Stop The Blame Game? →

Do We Want God To Forgive Us In the Same Manner That We Forgive Others?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we have a sad passage about the Exile of the people of Israel to Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem and a New Testament passage on forgiveness. That God ultimately forgave Israel after the Exile is … Continue reading Do We Want God To Forgive Us In the Same Manner That We Forgive Others? →

How Is God Revealed In Our History?  Good Morning Friends,  There is no doubt that our faith is caught up in Holy History but so too in our personal history as the Holy Spirit reveals the presence of God active in both. To exclude either I think is a mistake for they are in a … Continue reading How Is God Revealed In Our History? →

Do You Still Learn Like A Child?  Good Morning Friends,  Growing up, the one thing I did not want to happen was to get lost. Bad things happened when people got lost, so I was not one to stray too far from the flock. I was never too rebellious, only enough to gain some independent … Continue reading Do You Still Learn Like A Child? →

Are You Willing To Trust And Obey Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  There is a coming storm and glory for Jesus reflected in today's Gospel reading and our Old Testament passage about Ezekiel's vision of Jesus on the throne of God. But we are going to focus on the Gospel reading today. For here we see … Continue reading Are You Willing To Trust And Obey Jesus? →

Do You Feed On The Fire Of Holy Spirit?  Good Morning Friends,  There is nothing so challenging in our faith in the flesh than to grasp the person of the Holy Spirit. For the Holy Spirit's effects are seen but the Holy Spirit is invisible like the wind and sometimes ethereal like a dream or … Continue reading Do You Feed On The Fire Of Holy Spirit? →

Do You Base Your Giving On Love And Faith?  Good Morning Friends,  The Bible has a lot to say about money and illogical, unreasonable and self-centered people. Of the 29 parables Christ told, 16 of them deal with a person and their money. There is much to learn about this topic including that God desires … Continue reading Do You Base Your Giving On Love And Faith? →

How Do You Move A Mountain When You Feel Yourself Drifting Away?  Good Morning Friends,  Sometimes the events of life seem overwhelming and more challenging than we can stand. We feel like a feather trapped between a rock and a hard place about to go over the falls. We desire to be in control but … Continue reading How Do You Move A Mountain When You Feel Yourself Drifting Away? →

Are We Persistent Enough In Witnessing Our Faith?  Good Morning Friends,  When we undergo the chastening of the Lord, it is often because we are being loved by God. Jeremiah's commission was about such disciplining and it was not greeted with joy. And yet at a time when the Babylonians were already at the gate … Continue reading Are We Persistent Enough In Witnessing Our Faith? →