What About My Relationships and the Light?  Good Morning Friends,  You have all heard that it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. But sometimes we hide the candle. The thing is that God's presence in us is designed to shine forth, so we might see and share the joy of … Continue reading What About My Relationships and the Light? →

What Have We Been Carefully Taught That We Need To Unlearn?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's reading suggests to us that, before Christ, the laws required the regular sacrificing of animals to atone for our sins. It all seems rather foreign to us today and frankly how this was practiced 2000 years ago I doubt was … Continue reading What Have We Been Carefully Taught That We Need To Unlearn? →

Do You Feel Like You Are A Stranger Living In A Strange Land?  Good Morning Friends,  You would think we would know the difference between good and bad and generally I think this is true but then on occasion we are fooled into thinking one is the other. Such trickery has always been at the … Continue reading Do You Feel Like You Are A Stranger Living In A Strange Land? →

How Do We Build The Body?  Good Morning Friends,  I do not know about you but since the first of the year I have been receiving mail and emails and online ads prompting me to join a gym and try out new exercise strategies to strengthen my health and flexibility. The internet apparently has a … Continue reading How Do We Build The Body? →

Are We Waiting For A Personal Encounter Instead Of A Conversion?  Good Morning Friends,    If you think your past is keeping you from a future of serving God think again. Just look at the life of Paul also known as Saul. If you are saved. If you are fully surrendered. If you are all … Continue reading Are We Waiting For A Personal Encounter Instead Of A Conversion? →

Just When Do We Need To Give Up Our Crutches And Run?    Good Morning Friends,    Despite the growing economic boom, suicide rates are on the rise in Florida and as the sadist day of the year, January 21, carries over into the winter flu season I must wonder about those people who have … Continue reading Just When Do We Need To Give Up Our Crutches And Run? →

Is Jesus Your Sabbath Rest, Your Priest And King?    Good Morning Friends,  That we all have the rhythms of a seven-day week is truly amazing for it is not something that is justified by the moon or the sun precisely, although the four phases of the moon roughly correspond to seven days. For the … Continue reading Is Jesus Your Sabbath Rest, Your Priest And King? →

Do We Have A Heart For Making God's Thoughts Of Justice Our Own?    Good Morning Friends,    Yesterday I mentioned that the parables of the patched cloth and the wineskins were sandwiched in between two similar confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Today's lectionary selection has the other side of the sandwich and indeed, … Continue reading Do We Have A Heart For Making God’s Thoughts Of Justice Our Own? →

What Are We To Do For The Next Generation To Balance Self Interest With Justice?  Good Morning Friends,  During Advent, we contemplated the life of John the Baptist and his incarceration. And then after Christmas we looked at an encouraging letter from Paul, he wrote to the Thessalonians. And the reality that Paul spent a … Continue reading What Are We To Do For The Next Generation To Balance Self Interest With Justice? →

Are We Prepared For The Most Important Commitment We Will Ever Make? Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at the gift of marriage, the gift of the Spirit, and the gift of Jesus through the story of the wedding in Cana of Galilee where Jesus turn the water into very good wine. And to make … Continue reading →