Good Morning Friends,    Today's lectionary texts confront us with a challenge from multiple perspectives and attitudes on the tension of who is being favored by God and who is being favored by the societies in which we live. And it is troubling for the oppressed do so often become the oppressors. But is … Continue reading Do You See The Value Of Sharing Privilege Now? →

 Good Morning Friends,  We do not sing in church now during the pandemic. But one song we had stopped singing even before protocol took away our voice was Onward Christian Soldier. It was no longer politically correct. And yet today as we look at two related images of how Christians are to behave both on … Continue reading Is Your Language And Behavior Outfitted For Sincere Success In The Spirit Of Christ Overcoming Persecution? →

Good Morning Friends,    Both Mary and Martha were followers of Jesus. They both loved Jesus but how they viewed life and witnessed about Christ were very different. When it came to duty and devotion, those internal motivators, they were very different. Here we learn that it is not an either-or proposition but a matter … Continue reading Do You Know How To Listen With Love In Order To Build Christlike Communications? →

Good Morning Friends,    All Christian believers are to submit to one another…much like the church submitting to Christ. But there is a problem for there are many false teachers and even for those blessed to hear the Word, it takes much more character to submit to the will of God than most think. We … Continue reading Can You Hear The Groans Of Creation For The Kingdom Of God During The Pandemic And Politics? →

Good Morning Friends,  The last couple of weeks we have been exploring how Jesus faced the challenges of the political and religious leaders who tried to trip him up by asking challenging questions related to his behavior and what they thought to be of importance, namely their continued status in positions of power. What they … Continue reading How Has the Way You Live Your Sabbaths and Sundays Changed During The Pandemic? →

Good Morning Friends,    If you were to count, you would find hundreds of passages in the Bible which mention the foreigner, the stranger, the alien, and those wandering about in exile. And you would find more than a few on plagues and illness that we sometimes associated with the judgement of God. Our scriptures … Continue reading How Welcoming Are You To Others During The Pandemic? →

 Good Morning Friends,    We live in a world of hills and valleys in reality and metaphorically speaking as well. We have problems that are referred to as valleys and frankly they are often inevitable and impartial and sometimes unpredictable because we are human and that is just the way life is. That is life … Continue reading Are We Being Forged In Unity With Christ Though The Hardships Of Life’s Valleys? →

Good Morning Friends,    For many of us these days, in the season of elections, it feels as if the United States has never been less united. The thing is that issues-oriented conflict in an ever more diverse population is not only inevitable but even desirable. But there is something more at play here that … Continue reading When We Are So Divided Is There A Door Numbered Three? →

Good Morning Friends,    The great commission and the great blessing are intertwined in the mystery of it all. It is not a riddle to be solved but a declaration of something that was hidden, and which now is to be made known to all people. Thankfully we have been set free to be slaves … Continue reading Who Is Directing Your Life? →

   Good Morning Friends,  I was listening to Here and Now on the radio and the commentator seemed to be blaming the Bible for the problems of a merit system in the United States. But she must have been illiterate of the Bible or only parsing segments of it or most likely just raised by … Continue reading What Is Wrong With The World When Hard Work Does Not Pay Off? →