Can You Imagine the Story of the Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig? Good Morning Friends, People seeking a controlling power prefer dualistic thinking…they separate the mind and the body. Deciding who is not worthy.  It is prevalent in churches and business but not so much when we pray, for here when we come before God … Continue reading Can You Imagine the Story of the Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig? →

What Have You Given To Jesus Lately?  Good Morning Friends,  Mother Teresa inspired so many people because she lived out today's scripture from Matthew with her life... going to the dying in the streets of Calcutta...going as if to meet Jesus with the personal commitment to care for others. Today's parable puts us on notice that … Continue reading What Have You Given To Jesus Lately? →

Do You Know The Benefits of Solitude and Silence?  Good Morning Friends,  Early in the morning is a good time to celebrate the discipline of solitude, a time to build up, a new season in the sound of silence...This experience of the sound of silence is in many of the Psalms as a Selah and so … Continue reading Do You Know The Benefits of Solitude and Silence? →

What Would You Like To Do Over?  Good Morning Friends,  I think that the most powerful prayer that Jonah ever prayed was in the belly of a fish. It was a prayer offered after his confession… after he had been thrown overboard...after he had been rescued from a watery grave. It is a prayer of thanksgiving in a time … Continue reading What Would You Like To Do Over? →

What Kind of Power Are You Seeking?  Good Morning Friends,  Power comes in many different forms and we are not well trained to really handle power well. It can be a bit confusing. A crazy person can have power. Someone who has absolutely no interest on a topic and a person with a passionate interest … Continue reading What Kind of Power Are You Seeking? →

How Easily Is Our Faith In Jesus Interrupted?  Good Morning Friends,  When Christ bursts into this world on the last day that will be the last interruption that we will ever experience. There will no more interruptions by sickness, death, wars, natural disasters, accidents, crime or whatever. We will be taken into God's presence and … Continue reading How Easily Is Our Faith In Jesus Interrupted? →

What is Your Job Description?  Good Morning Friends,  God's promise of abundance for all creation and our desires to claim it for our personal use brings us face to face with the sin of Adam in the garden...It brings us face to face with the challenge of being good stewards. It is a big job, … Continue reading What is Your Job Description? →

Do You Really Want To Know How To See With New Eyes?  Good Morning Friends,  Perhaps you have thought one way on an issue and then had a change of heart. The process of change can indeed be transformative. But most of the time there are just too many variables to get a clear picture. … Continue reading Do You Really Want To Know How To See With New Eyes? →

Why Six Days?  Good Morning Friends,  Jesus' first miracle of turning water into wine uses six stone water jars. A Hebrew slave was to serve six years and be released in the 7th year. Six years were appointed for the land to be sown and harvested. According to Scripture, God created the universe over six days … Continue reading Why Six Days? →

Are You Ready To Learn The Art Of Giving?  Good Morning Friends,  Working around the financially poor who believe in Jesus I have learned that even when their pockets are empty, God's love keeps his children rich because they have learned to give like Christ. Many of the poor are more filled with the Holy … Continue reading Are You Ready To Learn The Art Of Giving? →