How Do We Gain The Right Wisdom?  Good Morning Friends,  You and I need as much, and perhaps more wisdom than Solomon needed in his day and age. We have very difficult choices facing each of us, and they are increasingly challenging and complex. And as we try and live our lives out in this … Continue reading How Do We Gain The Right Wisdom? →

How Would You Become Pure?  Good Morning Friends,  Achieving a state of perfection is not attainable through our own efforts as best I can tell, it is akin to the tilling of the soil to gradually improve the possibility of productive cultivation. However, today's lectionary scripture considers some other images of virtuous improvement in the … Continue reading How Would You Become Pure? →

Do You Have Any Last Words?  Good Morning Friends,  I got an email yesterday telling me that a younger friend of mine had died. I knew he was sick but I really did not expect it. Death is not new to me but there is a special sadness when it comes more unexpectedly. And then … Continue reading Do You Have Any Last Words? →

Are You Motivated By Doubt Or Faith?  Good Morning Friends,  Sometimes we put too much emphasis on numbers and what we have done, when the focus needs to be on love and the Spirit and what God has done. God gave it all to us and frankly when we count all the good stuff we … Continue reading Are You Motivated By Doubt Or Faith? →

How Would You Approach King Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  Now the sorrow of David for his rebellious son is a tragedy that might be compared to the divine sorrow over human sin. Because of human failure comes heartbreak and the knowledge that the remedial action would require sacrifice. Death on a tree. Thankfully the revelation … Continue reading How Would You Approach King Jesus? →

Are You Ready To Be Freed?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday we shared in worship the collective unison experience of the Lord's Prayer. I imagine you have said these words in a group as well. And sometimes they are words and sometimes a prayer. But when it is a prayer in a group we might just … Continue reading Are You Ready To Be Freed? →

What Is The Next Step?  Good Morning Friends,  Periodically in life it is ok to briefly look back to get perspective and to see if one has gotten off track or veered off the planned course. And if one has made a mistake then it is proper to immediately alter one's course. But what I … Continue reading What Is The Next Step? →

Why Are You Afraid?  Good Morning Friends,  Life has storms and some of them are of men's own making. And some of them can be of women's own making as well. The me too movement has shown how men can make a problem for themselves. What had been suppressed is coming to light. And what … Continue reading Why Are You Afraid? →

Will You Fan The Flame Before It Goes Out?  Good Morning Friends,  I do not know if you have ever gone camping, I imagine that a lot of millennials have not. But the rule in building a camp fire is to leave a space for the fire to breath. Starting a fire from scratch without … Continue reading Will You Fan The Flame Before It Goes Out? →

Why Are You Waiting?  Good Morning Friends,  If you think your past is keeping you from a future of serving God think again. Just look at the life and conversion of Paul also known as Saul. If you are saved. If you are fully surrendered. If you are all in. If you are available and … Continue reading Why Are You Waiting? →