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 do not see clearly and as a whole. We are not the fastest or the smartest or the best looking. We are all flawed. And even if we … Continue reading What Does It Mean To Live Our Lives Gloriously Unveiled? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Jesus says we are both salt and light, so the world is watching us to see if we measure up. 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 … Continue reading Are You Effective Salt And Light In Both Good Times And Bad? →

   Good Morning Friends,      Being a Christian means being different than all the rest of the eggs. We have been set apart for a purpose full of the Holy Spirit and blessed in ways that baffle the world. Embracing this mindset frees us to do amazing things even to qualify today's question in the … Continue reading Are You Backed Up By God’s Grace? →

         Good Morning Friends,         Today's lectionary passage is about remembering the blessing of life found in the Word becoming flesh and related to that the graphic sacrifice of the Passover Lamb for our life in Jesus. Life is in the blood, but it is also in a broken body given in service. And … Continue reading Are You Recognizing Jesus In The Living Sacrifice of Believers Today? →

    Good Morning Friends,     There is a law in nature that nothing takes more than it needs and if it does death follows. Sadly, the earth has a growing cancer that believes it has the right to keep more than it can ever use. The air is polluted. The oceans are dying. Species are … Continue reading What Is Wrong With This World? →

    Good Morning Friends,      Acts of faith are often viewed as being less rational and sound than cold analytical actions. Even our language and the changing meaning of words tends to diminish or even denigrate actions taken born out of our religious heritage. Interacting respectfully with those of different beliefs in a polarized society … Continue reading Is The Paraclete Prodding You To Practice A Practical Lifestyle Supporting The Cause Of The King? →

   Good Morning Friends,    There were three major theocratic parties in Israel the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Essenes. Josephus, the historian, linked them to Greek thought and compared the Essenes to Pythagoras, perhaps because of their desire for knowledge in community, the Pharisees to the Stoics, perhaps because they sought not to be … Continue reading Are We Unconsciously Limiting God Because Of Our Perspective On Death? →

   Good Morning Friends,      We live in a, hurry up and wait, world and it is not something new. I imagine that the first Christians who expected Jesus to be coming back soon and very soon must have been frustrated by this lack of closure. So, for us today as we imagine what we … Continue reading What Would You Do Differently If Jesus Was Coming Back Tomorrow? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Now you probably will not have an audible voice of God speaking to you telling you what assignment to carry out for the Kingdom. Still, we each have a purpose even without the thunder and blinding light. Christ's purpose was to die for our sins. And maybe yours too has … Continue reading Have Our Lives Confirmed Our Callings? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Today is Trinity Sunday and the devotion I offered is a celebration of the doctrine in the hope it might in time prompt collective action in us for those who are oppressed. For today is also a celebration that we were made in God's image designed to see and experience … Continue reading Are You Experiencing A Cultural Transformation In Your Relationship With The Trinity? →