Is Your Sowing Producing a Harvest?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at the personal teaching of Jesus concerning the growing of the body of believers and the growing of ourselves spiritually and mentally. It is about hands on teaching of people where they are on the journey and applying this as a way of … Continue reading Is Your Sowing Producing a Harvest? →

To Whose House Do You Belong?  Good Morning Friends,  If I had lived as a Jew in Israel and had heard Jesus first hand I might well have expected the restoration of a Jewish King, the rededication of the temple, the liberation of the land from foreign rule and the archiving of proper census results … Continue reading To Whose House Do You Belong? →

Is The Humility Of Christ Guiding Your Behavior?  Good Morning Friends,  I imagine what is in your head put by society guides much of your vision of success. I am effected by all the world's hype too. Still there might be some among those reading this devotion who think outside the box. The reality is … Continue reading Is The Humility Of Christ Guiding Your Behavior? →

Are We Out Of Our Minds?  Good Morning Friends,  The Bible has honest examples about human behavior outside the run of the mill. One King eats grass. People hear animals talk. David challenges a giant in one passage and drools in another. And Saul kills himself which is crazy. One guy even jumps into a … Continue reading Are We Out Of Our Minds? →

Just When Do We Need To Give Up Our Crutches?  Good Morning Friends,  Despite the growing economic boom, suicide rates are on the rise in Florida as summertime sadness carries over into the winter flu season. And I think one of the problems is isolation of people from the people who might care for them … Continue reading Just When Do We Need To Give Up Our Crutches? →

Is Jesus Your Sabbath?  Good Morning Friends,  That we all have the rhythms of a seven-day week is truly amazing for it is not something that is justified by the moon or the sun precisely although the four phases of the moon roughly correspond to seven days. For the believer, we need to consider the … Continue reading Is Jesus Your Sabbath? →

Do You Have A Heart For Making God's Thoughts Your Own?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday I mentioned that the parables of the patched cloth and the wineskins were sandwiched in between two similar confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Today's lectionary selection has the other side of the sandwich and indeed, no joking it is … Continue reading Do You Have A Heart For Making God’s Thoughts Your Own? →

 What Are We To Do About Racism?  Good Morning Friends,  During Advent, we contemplated the life of John the Baptist and his incarceration. And yesterday we looked at an encouraging letter from Paul, he wrote while he was in jail. And this morning I decided to read a letter from Dr. Martin Luther King written … Continue reading What Are We To Do About Racism? →

Are You Living Or Dying?  Good Morning Friends,  This morning's Naples Daily News has a front-page article about Watts Mercy, 25, and her sister Sarah, 16 years of age. Watts' was born in Haiti and her sister, Sarah, was born in the United States. The context of their story is that they were both abused … Continue reading Are You Living Or Dying? →

 What Is True Religion?  Good Morning Friends,  In yesterday's scripture, we saw some men take the roof off a home in Capernaum for a paralytic to meet Jesus and in the Old Testament reading, the clamoring of the Israelites for an earthly king. And today we follow these plotlines as Jesus takes off the roof … Continue reading What Is True Religion? →