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Have You Discovered You Are Healthier And More Productive When You Have Been Touched By God In A Way That Prompts Faith?

Good Morning Friends, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco portrays God reaching to touch Adam with his finger as an act of creation itself and indeed the giving of life. I do not know about you, but I feel happier when I am creating something. Countless modern paintings depict angels touching people. I think this made … Continue reading Have You Discovered You Are Healthier And More Productive When You Have Been Touched By God In A Way That Prompts Faith? →

Do We Have A Failure To Communicate The Most Important Message Of All?

Good Morning Friends,  Soon in the liturgical year we will begin the journey from 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 a city but … Continue reading Do We Have A Failure To Communicate The Most Important Message Of All? →

Are You Living The Life Of The New Covenant By Standing At The Door Inviting People To Meet Jesus?

Good Morning Friends, Our God loves partnerships engaged in the divine purpose and we see exactly that in today’s scripture passages. It is like the covenant sealed in a rainbow…beautiful and vibrant and the affirmation of a believer.  Given the challenges of a world, many may not know a living Jesus.  But if you do … Continue reading Are You Living The Life Of The New Covenant By Standing At The Door Inviting People To Meet Jesus? →

If You Have A Kingdom Mindset, How Would You See Peace?

Good Morning Friends, The entire landscape of the blind man’s life was changed after he had been alone with Jesus and healed of his inability to see. So too the entire landscape of the world was changed after the flood and God’s deliverance of Noah and his family. Both are a type of vision cleansing … Continue reading If You Have A Kingdom Mindset, How Would You See Peace? →

Do We Understand The Salvation Offered By Jesus Is The Continuing Work Of A Sovereign God In Holy History?

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 the people along for the ride were being asked to trust, obey, and believe … Continue reading Do We Understand The Salvation Offered By Jesus Is The Continuing Work Of A Sovereign God In Holy History? →

If God’s Love Is For Everyone Why Does God Seem To Favor Some And Not Others?

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 may be … Continue reading If God’s Love Is For Everyone Why Does God Seem To Favor Some And Not Others? →

Have You Heard a Good Sermon Recently For Those Facing Troubling Times?

Good Morning Friends, Maybe you like the sermons of Paul or of Peter. Maybe Charles Haden Spurgeon, N. T. Wright or John Stott is your style or Martin Luther. John Wesley, George Whitfield, Jonathan Edwards, John Knox or John Calvin or John Wycliffe. They could all preach too but I doubt many millennials would be … Continue reading Have You Heard a Good Sermon Recently For Those Facing Troubling Times? →

Are We Paralyzed And In Fear Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us?

Good Morning Friends, Our daily fears and negativity can become words that are tools of destruction in our heads, or they can be overcome in a way to build us stronger in relationship with God. Our world is filled with management techniques, but our words do not bring out our best if they are about … Continue reading Are We Paralyzed And In Fear Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us? →

Are You Growing Closer To God At The Inclusive Table of Christ?

  Good Morning Friends, Being part of the dominant sociological structure, if we are such in the church, does mean that there is not more to experience in who we are as Christians. The reality is that many are working and living in a society that is not Christian. This is nothing new. Thankfully as … Continue reading Are You Growing Closer To God At The Inclusive Table of Christ? →