Good Morning Friends,    Ok we have a forty-day journey ahead of us while we 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 … 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.  People like Job in the Old Testament wore sackcloth and ashes to proclaim their desire to repent.  But ashes are not just an outward sign.  Ashes are to symbolize what is going on in the inside.   The prophet Joel tells us that … Continue reading Will Our Repentant Hearts Find Beauty In The Burnt Palms This Ash Wednesday? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today we have Noah in a boat from the Genesis Flood account and Jesus and the disciples in a passage from the Gospel of Mark also in a boat and the interesting thing is that in both situations is that the people along for the ride were being asked to … Continue reading Do We Understand The Salvation Offered By Jesus In Us Is The Continuing Work Of A Sovereign God? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today we look at the issue of discouragement and how we handle that situation either graciously or with anger. Today we look at an important Biblical narrative to help us live more connected and meaningful lives when we realize that our actions are less than perfect. And frankly the issue … Continue reading If God’s Love Is For Everyone Why Does God Seem To Favor Some And Not Others? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Today we consider the manner and method of the 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? →

Are We Living In Fear And Negativity Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us?  Good Morning Friends,    Our daily fears and negativity can become words that are tools of destruction or they can be overcome in a way to build us stronger in relationship with God. Our world is filled with management techniques, … Continue reading Are We Living In Fear And Negativity Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us? →

    Good Morning Friends,  Being part of dominate sociological structures does mean that there is not more to experience in who we are as Christians. Jesus took the symbol of the table and expanded the inclusion of the women and outcastes as a way of moving the cultural needle. That work has been more powerful … Continue reading Are You Seated At The Inclusive Table of Christ Growing Closer To God? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Today we seek to understand from the inside out about the nature of Biblical history and our own motivations. The scripture of the day sets out the first Terms and Conditions that God laid down in the Garden of Eden. We have come a long way since then, or have … Continue reading What Does Washing Our Hands And Sanitizing Our Cell Phones Have To Do With The Garden? →

 Good Morning Friends,    There are rules all around us, like survival of the fittest and gravity and the laws of thermodynamics that have been around since the beginning. But if we belong to any religious institution or community or live under government rule there are a lot of other rules we will have to … Continue reading How Do We Best Fight People’s Sins? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Today we face some scripture that is a real challenge not because of the questions it presents for us so much as because I am still thinking about Tampa Bay winning yesterday's Super Bowl. So, I will try and focus on the scripture. But in the background, I am wondering why one … Continue reading Are You Living Into God’s New Creation Story In The Light Of Christ? →