Good Morning Friends,       If we are conducting ourselves as citizens of God's Kingdom…. if we are seeking the evidence of the presence of God in our lives, we will hopefully be striving together for something more tangible than the stones that make up the places in which we worship. Hopefully, we will be striving … Continue reading Do You Have A Personal Story Of Resurrection Related To Your Own Salvation This Eastertide? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Today we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord…the things we see with reason and the things we see with faith. And the event in its retelling and experiencing is filled with meaning. The women are the first to the tomb. And this is important for we see them in the … Continue reading How Can We See Jesus In Our Lives? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today is Holy Saturday, the Great Sabbath, the last day of Lent, a day Jesus rested in the tomb, and it is a good day to reflect on the light and darkness of life. And since everyone dies, it is also a good day to think about what happens in … Continue reading Are We Trusting Jesus To Roll Our Tomb Stone Away? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Last night we participated in Maundy Thursday service at church. A couple years ago we participated online and shared a meal with desert serving as the communion elements. But this year in a designed worship space as we sang music and read scripture designed to open our hearts to a receptive … Continue reading Will We Embrace Christ’s Cross…As Our Cross? →

   Good Morning Friends,     I imagine that from time to time you have served a meal to the less privileged at the expense of receiving service from them. In today's text at the Last Supper Jesus washes the feet of the disciples along this theme in the Upper Room at Passover. But this action … Continue reading Are We Willing To Both Serve And Be Served For God’s Glory This Holy Week? →

    Good Morning Friends,  One of the saddest characters in the Bible is Judas Iscariot. He had such promise. His name's sake, Judas Maccabaeus is in the history books as the brilliant military strategist who led an uprising for Jewish independence in 164 B.C. In fact, many of the disciples had the name of Judas. … Continue reading Why Did Jesus Choose Judas? →

 Good Morning Friends,     If Judas had not betrayed Jesus, would we still be Christians? If Peter had not denied Christ and later been forgiven, would we understand grace? Friends, we are in Holy Week, and it is a time when we remember both the darkest hour of history, and the time the Son of … Continue reading Are You Serving The King With A Holy Purpose Guided By God’s Plan Of Love? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Blink your eyes and in one-week Easter will have come and gone. As for church staff they will be rejoicing in the offer of Jesus. "Come to me all you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest." And for the lot of Florida laity, we too … Continue reading How Can We Be All In, Glorifying The Suffering Servant This Passover? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Everything is connected but some things have been connected in scripture in a way to help us to remember the events and themes. As we continue our Lenten journey moving ever on this Palm Sunday we begin Holy Week, it is good to review the lessons from the palm tree … Continue reading Why Do Passion, Colts, Tears and Palms Go Together? →

   Good Morning Friends,      Today we look at scripture that shows us the willful blindness of unbelievers. It is an example of how the Old Testament points to Christ and, points to a time when Christ will rule the nations in justice. The setting for the Old Testament scripture is that Jeremiah had been … Continue reading How Would We Have Held Up The Seven Days Before Jesus’ Death? →