Good Morning Friends,     The world with all its craziness is filling up our lives with fear producing news. There are few diversions. No social events. No arts or music concerts. No sporting events. No Temple to go to. It is as if we need to retrace our steps to find Jesus so we can … Continue reading Do We Feel The Presence Of Jesus Seeking and Finding Us To Deal With The Anxiety Of The Times? →

 Good Morning Friends,     Today we take on a very challenging issue of interpretation of scripture. I have heard it argued both ways. And it involves us to think through our attitudes about laws we have in our own society too, knowing that even politicians do not always agree. And the thing is that scholars … Continue reading How Applicable Is The Old Testament Law In Our Age Of Grace And Pandemics? →

 Good Morning Friends,     Jesus final words in today's Gospel parable are very instructive and chilling for those who refuse to listen regarding the importance of forgiveness from the heart. It is about not being bitter. It is about not sowing seeds of bitterness and sin. It reminds us that the law was given through … Continue reading What Forgiveness In Your Heart Make You Feel More Complete? →

Where Have You Been Traveling?    Good Morning Friends,    The expectations, the anticipation, the anxiety and the strange emotions are hard to escape regarding the coronavirus news. In some ways it is like waiting for a hurricane to hit but the time frame is stretched from five days or so to fifty or perhaps … Continue reading Where Have You Been Traveling? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Transfiguration Sunday was about three weeks ago, but it is the center piece of today's scripture again. We continue a period of contemplation on the journey to the cross…the sacrifice for our salvation in preparation for a change to occur in us. You see the metamorphous continues and so today we focus on the process … Continue reading What Will We Fear Or Not Fear? →

Is There A Connection Between Who We Vote For And With Whom We Would Like To Spend Eternity?    Good Morning Friends,    Ever wonder what animal or President you are most like? God communicates with animals and Presidents more than you might think. How else could the animals have known to get on the … Continue reading Is There A Connection Between Who We Vote For And With Whom We Would Like To Spend Eternity? →

    Good Morning Friends,  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 draw near in an intimate fellowship. The image is of a wedding. But we … Continue reading How Do We Get Off Thinking That Life Is Sometimes Not Fair? →

   Good Morning Friends,     There are many doors in our lives. Some are keystone events. Some bring back memories of friends and family. But regardless of their importance we tend to take, at least most of them for granted. Some give us admittance, others obstruction and still others protection. How we view these doors … Continue reading What Door Would We Like To Have Opened In The Presence Of The King In Prayer? →

 Good Morning Friends,  In today's Gospel text Jesus compares his own proclamation of the Kingdom of God with the story of stubborn Jonah proclaiming God's judgment at Nineveh and contrasting the response of Israel to his own preaching with that of the Gentiles to Jonah. And then there is the metaphor of the three days … Continue reading If We Are We Seeking A Sign From God, Is It One Of The Love Of Jesus On The Cross? →

   Good Morning Friends,    God gives us a gracious invitation to drink deep of the joy of life that is right here and right now. And having just yesterday contemplated the Second Coming, heaven and hell and God's sovereignty, and having realized that I really desire a more loving God than I portrayed, we … Continue reading How Does God’s Grace And Judgement, Love And Justice Mix In the Divine Mind? →