Good Morning Friends,  Who do you take advice from? Who speaks into your life and you want to hear what they have to say? Maybe it is someone who matches your speech…or perhaps someone transformed. Peter to many was such a person. He was a leader of the new Christian movement but also authentically weak. … Continue reading Are You Practicing The Essentials Of The Christian Life? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Soon in the liturgical year we will begin the journey from the Transfiguration to the Cross. But today we frame this with other images of our spiritual history. Today we remember the connection between Babel and Pentecost. Today we remember that the Bible begins in a garden and ends in … Continue reading Do We Have A Failure To Communicate? →

Are You Living The Life Of A New Covenant?    Good Morning Friends,    Our God loves partnerships engaged in the divine purpose and we see exactly that in today's scripture passages. One is on Noah and the call to be fruitful and another asking us to affirm our belief. Are You Living The Life … Continue reading Are You Living The Life Of A New Covenant? →

How Are We To See A Peaceful Change In Ourselves?    Good Morning Friends,    Misdirection in the world is intentionally diverting our attention in order to mislead us. Magicians, advertisers, negotiators, politicians and thieves have this all in common. I do not want to rob you of that miracle of the moment, but the … Continue reading How Are We To See A Peaceful Change In Ourselves? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Misdirection in the world is intentionally diverting our attention in order to mislead us. Magicians, advertisers, negotiators, politicians and thieves have this all in common. I do not want to rob you of that miracle of the moment, but the world is filled with these shifting shadows. It is hard … Continue reading How Are We To See A Peaceful Change In Ourselves? →

 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 guilt and … Continue reading Do We Understand What It Takes To Be Saved From Temptation? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Some of my relatives out west are what you might call cowboys. 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 human rights seemed dreadful. The situation was no laughing matter. … Continue reading When Things Seem Impossible What Do You Do? →

Good Morning Friends,    Today we consider the last of the six Psalms 113-118, called collectively the Hallel, which were recited as a unit on joyous occasions like the feast days. Hallel is the root of the imperative Hallelujah! Tradition has it that it was written by Moses and recited in Jewish homes during the … Continue reading Do You Have A Favorite Psalm And Do You Pray It? →

Good Morning Friends,  Happy Valentine's Day. It is a good day to contemplate love and the perfect and amazing gift of Jesus. And the thing is that many do not know what they really want in this regard for they do not know Jesus. Many think they know what they want not realizing what they … 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 … Continue reading How Are We To Respond To All The Different Religions? →