Good Morning Friends,    When we experience the true purpose of Lent, we need to keep focused on the goal and the hope of an astounding victory realizing that our supreme security is in God.  We will be tested like Jesus was during His 40 days and nights in the desert in this regard. Here we will be … Continue reading Are We Telling People This Lent Not Lose Heart Because Of Christ’s Covenant Of Love? →

    Good Morning Friends,   Today we reflect on traits and traditions, relationships and rituals that prepare the way for faith to establish itself in our lives. More specifically we look at fasting and our faith. People fast for all sorts of reasons and especially during Lent's journey of life's passage from winter to spring…from Ash Wednesday … Continue reading Does Fasting During Lent Have To Be Just About Food? →

   Good Morning Friends,       Ok we are on a forty-day journey to practice being married to God and if we are going to get anything out of it, we must be all in the experience recognizing the arch of our lives with God has a purpose. I am not sure I have this perfect, … Continue reading Will We Allow God’s Love To Make Us Sacred? →

   Good Morning Friends,      Ashes were used in Old Testament times to symbolize mourning, mortality, and penance. But for agrarian societies ashes were also a way of fertilizing crops.  People like Job in the Old Testament wore sackcloth and ashes to proclaim their desire to repent.  So, ashes are not just an outward sign but have … Continue reading Will Our Repentant Hearts Find Beauty In The Burnt Palms This Ash Wednesday? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Cats are more interesting than dogs. No matter what a cat has done wrong, they always try to make it look like the dog did it. Maybe that is why a dog's tail is between his legs and a cat's up in the air. It seems that cats know no … Continue reading Do We Understand What It Takes To Be Saved From Temptation? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Some of my relatives out of the West were what you might call cowboys and my relatives in the Midwest were farmers. So, when we relocated to Collier County back in the 1960's the town of Immokalee was not so foreign to my father. Still the situation, in terms of … Continue reading When Things Seem Impossible How Do You Endure? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Today we consider the manner and method of love made manifest in the lives of the vulnerable. Today we consider the truth, even though it is hard to comprehend, what exists at the intersection of grace and the cross, at the convergence of life, love, and the law, and in … Continue reading Can We Love More In The Tension Between Authority and Vulnerability, Confession and Forgiveness? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Today as I am anticipating the coming of Lent and the hope of seemingly insignificant acts of love blessing my life and yours, and as I see the Lunar New Year decorations in our family room that should be generating a sense of celebration but as of yet have not, … Continue reading What Do You Have To Say About The Way Of Small Miracles? →

Good Morning Friends,     Yesterday we had this glimpse of the golden era of Solomon and now a couple of verses later we have the decline of the dynasty and the reality that one can be a wise fool. For the King who had it all, everything is about to spiral out of control as … Continue reading How Are We To Respond To All The Different Religions? →

 Good Morning Friends,       Today we seek to understand from the inside out about the nature of the church and the bride of Christ…about love of God and love of our neighbors. Today we look in the mirror and realize that though we think we are groomed and something of worth, the reality is that … Continue reading If We Come Clean, Are We Still All In Tilling the Soil Of The Garden? →