Good Morning Friends,    I do not know if you have ever gone camping, I imagine that a lot of millennials have not. But the rule in building a camp fire is to leave a space for the fire to breath. Starting a fire from scratch without a match is a real art. Access to … Continue reading Are You Fanning The Flame Of The Right Passions? →

 Good Morning Friends,    The days are starting to get longer, and the New Year Resolutions are being tested in the Light of Christ. And it makes me think about the moment God spoke Light into existence. But it also prompts me to remember our celebration on Christmas Eve by candlelight. And so today we … Continue reading Is Our Light Shining A Way To Healthier Relationships? →

Is Your Gardening Producing a Harvest?    Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at the personal teaching of Jesus concerning the growing of the body of believers and the growing of ourselves spiritually and mentally. There are some similarities in the challenge of helping people to grow. Now some think this should come from a … Continue reading Is Your Gardening Producing a Harvest? →

 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 pleasing to God even way back then. And I think … Continue reading Can We Unlearn The Things That Keep Us From God’s Peace? →

 Good Morning Friends,    A hot topic in politics is the immigration of people belonging to another country. People call them foreigners or perhaps more derogatory terms…implying people not like us. And frankly sometimes they are not like us. Because of this bias/reality, and perhaps a desire to control the boundaries of an electoral constituency … Continue reading Does Your Family Feel Like Resident Aliens… Strangers Living In A Strange Land? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Stephan De Beer, is the Director for the Centre for Contextual Ministry at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. I spent three days with him and other people from around the world at Laity Lodge in Texas a decade ago. Stephan led a Bible study there about the Samaritan woman at … Continue reading What Conversations Can We Have To Lead Us To Harmony And Spiritual Growth In The Home? →

   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 in. If you are available and willing to be used. … Continue reading What Does The Bible Tell Us About Encounters With God And Our Conversion To The Jesus Way? →

Do We See The Providence Of God When We Give Up Our Crutches And Follow Jesus?     Good Morning Friends,     Despite the growing economic boom, suicide rates are on the rise in Florida and as the sadist time of the year, late January, post bowl games, carries over into the winter flu season I … Continue reading Do We See The Providence Of God When We Give Up Our Crutches And Follow Jesus? →

   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 believer, we need to consider the Sabbath, and … Continue reading Are You Living Your Life In The Rhythms Of God? →

Do We Have A Heart For God's Thoughts Of Justice To Be Our Own?    Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary selection relates to the challenge of following laws that are no longer helpful and moving the cultural needle toward healthier community. In the scripture, we see the importance of the character of David and … Continue reading Do We Have A Heart For God’s Thoughts Of Justice To Be Our Own? →