How Do We Prepare For Christmas?

Good Morning Friends, This morning, I was looking at a painting attributed to Pieter Brueghel, called The Fall of Icarus. And a poem by W. H. Auden related thereto which describes a moment beyond time but relevant for our time and the importance of preparing for the tests of life. Auden writes this about Brueghel’s painting: … Continue reading How Do We Prepare For Christmas? →

What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually?

Good Morning Friends, Today’s devotional is about blindness and primal trust and our will to believe in the power of Jesus while at the same time, without being paranoid, realize that some people who want to play God will seize opportunities to make a trap for those that uphold hope. It is about inner blindness … Continue reading What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually? →

Is Our Soul In A Healthy Union With Others When It Comes To Ministry?

Good Morning Friends, Every generation seems to think that the end game is closer than ever. And yes, in many ways the Kingdom of God of Heaven is closer each moment and yet both judgement and grace come every day. The thought of the end times could fill people with panic attacks. But the message … Continue reading Is Our Soul In A Healthy Union With Others When It Comes To Ministry? →

Will You Join Us In Having An Abundant And Healthy Spiritual Feast This Advent?

Good Morning Friends, There is a lot of talk about feeding with love this Advent and appropriately so. Today in a passage from Isaiah we see the great joy and hope of a feast without death and in the Gospel of Matthew the means of this movement of love multiplied in the grass roots to … Continue reading Will You Join Us In Having An Abundant And Healthy Spiritual Feast This Advent? →

Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joyful Tranquility And Rule?

Good Morning Friends, If you read chapter 10 of Isaiah, you would read about Isaiah proclaiming the Lord’s judgment against Assyria and against Israel. Assyria was a great nation that one-day would destroy Israel and that would be the end of them. The Lord would punish them. They would no longer rise again to be … Continue reading Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joyful Tranquility And Rule? →

What Happens When Christ’s Authority And Our Belief Converge?

Good Morning Friends, Yesterday the Advent candle of hope was lit during our worship service. Today’s lectionary text from Isaiah and the Gospel of Matthew touches on the hope that was made possible by Jesus. The prophet Isaiah foresaw the Savior of sinners, the Lord Jesus Christ, and painted a picture of this hopeful future … Continue reading What Happens When Christ’s Authority And Our Belief Converge? →

Do You Know The Signs Of Christ’s Coming?

Good Morning Friends, Today is the first Sunday in Advent and the scripture really is a continuation of the little apocalypse presented in the Gospel reading which follows last week’s Christ the King Sunday scripture. So, today we read about the sea threatening to spill over its shores and engulf the world, and it seems … Continue reading Do You Know The Signs Of Christ’s Coming? →