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 heavenly ones. The point is that if we are not going to be controlled by our chattels, we must resist treasuring worldly things over life itself, and … 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 … Continue reading How Authentic Is Our Love and Leadership in Prayer? →

   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 processed. However, giving money away can be very pleasurable … Continue reading Do You Understand The Process Of Planting Seeds For Cheerful Giving? →

 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. Still in seeking the Way of Jesus we are prompted to … Continue reading How Do We Show Abundant Love 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 … Continue reading Are We Following God As Our Leader? →

 Good Morning Friends,    We all have an interest in our heritage and legacy. We can even get our DNA tested to discover our genealogy, but what is more important is our spiritual DNA and discovering our voice in the family of God. Well suppose that every time you opened your mouth you said something … Continue reading Has the Church Lost The Roots Of Its Voice? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Once we have established that there is a God and that Christianity is the way to God, then a big question looms that is prompted by what we learn as youth. You see in Sunday School, in church, we learn that Jesus loves us. We sing songs to this point … Continue reading Why Does Jesus Still Have A Heart To Love Us? →

 Good Morning Friends,     Indecision is a problem for Israel during the time of Elijah. People are having a hard time deciding whose side to be on. We face similar problems in our world today that challenges us to face up to today's question. And it involves us to think through our attitudes about laws … Continue reading Are We Following Laws To Conform Or Be Transformed? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today's lectionary selection is a bit of a challenge to reconcile. Like our very lives we see through a glass darkly. We are to see through the heart, but our emotions are so confusing. Thankfully, God has been working on you and me from the beginning. And if we look … Continue reading What Does It Mean To Live Our Lives Gloriously Unveiled? →

   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. … Continue reading Is Our Light Shining So Others Might See And Our Salt Salty So Others Might Better Experience Jesus? →