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 for it is not just the coming back to a mortal life of someone who had died. That … Continue reading How Can We See Jesus’ Eternal Love In Our Lives? →

   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 dessert serving as the communion elements. But this year in a designed worship space in Moss Hall we sang music, ate cheese and crackers with grapes, sang hymns … 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 a promising future on paper. 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 … 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 … 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 may seem to have come and gone. But that is not the way to experience the greatest event in all of history. As for church staff they will be rejoicing in the offer of Jesus. "Come to me all you who are … Continue reading How Can We Be All In, Glorifying The Suffering Servant Beyond 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 put … Continue reading How Would We Have Held Up The Seven Days Before Jesus’ Death? →

     Good Morning Friends,  A friend of mine pointed out to me that a lot of terms we use as scriptural do not appear in the Bible. For example, nowhere will you see the word Easter in scripture. There has been a cultural subversion of the Biblical faith, and it is now so embedded in … Continue reading Do You Believe Jesus Is The Covenant Of Love He Claimed To Be For The Church? →

 Good Morning Friends,      There is a deception in this world that seems to be growing and it is a personal and collective problem not limited by political party or culture. We are plagued by fake news and the rewriting of history for profit that does not tell the full story and often promotes a … Continue reading Have You Been Freed By The Truth Or Are You Deceived By A Lie? →