Are We Living Into The Light Of The Word Made Flesh?    Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday was World Communion Sunday. And a friend of mine after the service by the name of John asked if I could write about the topic of the Word made Flesh that is addressed so creatively in the Book of … Continue reading Are We Living Into The Light Of The Word Made Flesh? →

How Does Believing In God's Faithfulness Make Us Well?  Good Morning Friends,  The Bible has several examples of mental illness and treatments too. We have a king eating grass and being humbled in the process so that he might be used by God after a time in the book of Daniel. The therapy being time. … Continue reading How Does Believing In God’s Faithfulness Make Us Well? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Today's lectionary selection from Joel reads a lot like Revelation 9 and all the woes of the end times. Part of the reading is about the time when Joel, a Temple prophet and lay botanist, lived and the occasion of an unprecedented locust plague which he compared to the assault of revile … Continue reading If Jesus Defeated The Devil and Death Why Do We Still Have To Fight Evil? →

Do We Have The Persistence And Faith To Be Good At Serving God Through Difficulties?  Good Morning Friends,  In today's lectionary selection God is addressing disappointed and disillusioned people who accuse God of being unfair. We got a sense of the situation in the story of Jonah yesterday and now an echo of this problem … Continue reading Do We Have The Persistence And Faith To Be Good At Serving God Through Difficulties? →

How Would You Choose To Pray When You Are Annoyed?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's topic could fill a book. It is about our struggle to communicate with God in a way that builds a relationship. Thankfully we are given a format for doing just that even if our emotions are clouding our thinking. Yes, maybe … Continue reading How Would You Choose To Pray When You Are Annoyed? →

Are You Doing What You Ought To Have Done?  Good Morning Friends,  Get ready for the work is not done and self-pity is pointless. There is no reasonable respite from our obligation to God nor the ever-watchful eye of God. No person ever makes God his debtor. And this should be a cure for our … Continue reading Are You Doing What You Ought To Have Done? →