Are You Boasting About Your Possessions And Being Possessed By False Treasure?    Good Morning Friends,    In today's Gospel reading Jesus is directing us to stop treasuring our earthly treasures that do not last. But continue to treasure our treasures in heaven. If we are not going to be controlled by our chattels, we … Continue reading Are You Boasting About Your Possessions And Being Possessed By False Treasure? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Today's lectionary has the Lord's prayer and a passage that is from 2 Corinthians about the seduction of the church akin to the seduction of Eve. It flirts with the reality of selfish and possessive love in leaders that can lead to strife and a devouring passion that destroys happiness and … Continue reading How Authentic Is Our Love and Leadership in Prayer? →

Do You Know How Being Generous Makes Us Happy?    Good Morning Friends,    Parting with money can be a very troubling experience for those addicted to it. But in the end, you cannot take it with you and neither can I. Getting joy out of making money and even saving it is more readily … Continue reading Do You Know How Being Generous Makes Us Happy? →

How Do We Become Generous To Even Our Enemies?    Good Morning Friends,    Life is frequently unfair. Bad things happen to good people. Brutality and injustice are all around us. And we wonder why. Initially we submit to the reality that God's purpose is beyond us and God's ways are above our ways. But … Continue reading How Do We Become Generous To Even Our Enemies? →

Good Morning Friends,    Established frameworks of order are necessary for liberty to be possible but that does not mean that all people in positions of power are good. Some are evil. One would think that in God's providential ordering of the world, that nothing would exist unless God's good will and pleasure ordained it … Continue reading Who Is Our Leader? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Today is Father's Day and as we sail through some scripture and thoughts regarding our heavenly and earthly fathers we consider the trinity of God. For like us God manifests as a person in three ways. I like to think of the Father as God for us and Jesus as God … Continue reading Do We Have A Healthy Threefold Relationship With God? →

Do We See Through A Life That Affirms A Love Of Jesus?    Good Morning Friends,    Today's lectionary passages remind us what we committed to when we signed up to follow Jesus. They prompt us to take seriously our Christian job description as loving ambassadors, servant leaders and righteous co-workers in a ministry of … Continue reading Do We See Through A Life That Affirms A Love Of Jesus? →

   Good Morning Friends,    The Bible uses many illustrations and flawed characters like Sampson, David and Gideon to explain the deep truths of how God's grace relates to our lives as Christians. Jesus explains to his disciples that God's kingdom is like a mustard seed. Paul encourages the Christians to put on the whole … Continue reading What Is In Your Cracked Pot? →

Are We Still Trying To Legalize Our Salvation?  Good Morning Friends,    Deals with the Devil abound, but God has made us an offer that is not based on what we can do but upon what Jesus did. By forgiving our sins God gives us a new heart and His Spirit that enables us to … Continue reading Are We Still Trying To Legalize Our Salvation? →

 Good Morning Friends,    The world is watching us. In our role, as Christians we are to help people around us so that they do not slip and fall. We are to be encouragers of healthy behavior. With great love and kindness, we are to help people recognize their mistakes and seek God's I.V. solution … Continue reading Are You Salt And Light For The Church In Both Good Times And Bad? →