Good Morning Friends,    Yesterday we shared in worship the collective unison experience of the Lord's Prayer. I imagine you have said these words in a group as well. And sometimes they are words and sometimes a prayer. But when it is a prayer in a group, we might just hear that the purpose … Continue reading Are You Ready To Be Freed? →

    Good Morning Friends,    In church today, on the coldest day of the year with a new interim pastor preaching, we will play a musical piece called Jubilee Concertante on English Handbells directed by the publisher and accompanied on the pipe organ by the composer. And for some strange reason it reminds me not only of … Continue reading What Song In Its Hearing Fulfills Your Image Of Love? →

  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 campfire is to leave a space for the fire to breath. Starting a fire from scratch without a match is a real art. Access to air … 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 … Continue reading Is Our Light Shining A Way To Healthier Relationships? →

   Good Morning Friends,    I do not know about you but since the first of the year I have been receiving mail and emails and online ads prompting me to join a gym and try out new exercise strategies to strengthen my health and flexibility. The internet apparently has a bias on what is … Continue reading How Do We Build The Body? →

   Good Morning Friends,    The Bible has honest examples about human behavior outside the run of the mill. One King eats grass. People hear animals talk. David challenges a giant in one passage and drools in another. And Saul kills himself which is crazy. One guy even jumps into a pit on a cold … Continue reading Are We Out Of Our Minds? →

     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 and Covid season I must wonder about those people who have gotten bad news on top of the … 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 Hebrew … Continue reading Are You Living Your Life In The Rhythms Of God? →

 Good Morning Friends,     Yesterday I mentioned that the parables of the patched cloth and the wineskins were sandwiched in between two similar confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Today's lectionary selection has the other side of the sandwich and indeed, no joking it is related to bread…Holy Bread. The passage from Mark is related … Continue reading Do We Understand The Purpose Of The Law Of Love? →

   Good Morning Friends,   Today is Martin Luther King Day. And many will be quoting from his I have a dream speech, but a couple of months before his death he also gave a sermon entitled "Unfulfilled Dreams." It is worth remembering for in some ways it is more accurate of the reality in which … Continue reading Do We Have A Peaceful Heart For God’s Dreams Of Justice To Be Our Own? →