Are You Ready to Go in a New Direction? Good Morning Friends, It goes without saying that almost everyone wants something. People under the stress of being unemployed are looking for a job. At our church we are looking for new staff to complement our relatively new pastor. As a leader of a Social Service … Continue reading Are You Ready to Go in a New Direction? →

Do You Hear the Cries of Both the Poor and the Earth?  Good Morning Friend's,  The environment in which we live holds within it a message about life. I have seen it here in Southwest Florida...fish kills because of a lack of oxygen...rising seas...the challenges of the migrant farm laborer. It is a global problem … Continue reading Do You Hear the Cries of Both the Poor and the Earth? →

Do You Know What To Do To Prosper?  Good Morning Friends,  The recent murders in the A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina really trouble me for even if justice appears to be served in the matter it all seems such a waste. The lives of the people murdered while praying are gone. The murderer's life … Continue reading Do You Know What To Do To Prosper? →

What Makes You Desire to Give This Father's Day?    Good Morning Friends,  I am glad that we celebrate Father's Day and I am glad that the emphasis for gifting is secondary to the relationship. This holiday gives the opportunity for us to remember our earthly father but more importantly to worship in the sacrifice of praise of our … Continue reading What Makes You Desire to Give This Father’s Day? →

Do You Have A Favorite Redemption Story?  Good Morning Friends,  There are many stories in the Bible and some of the best are along the common theme related to today's question. You see God wants to communicate to us by giving us illustrations of the wonderful truth provided through Jesus in the Bible. The whole … Continue reading Do You Have A Favorite Redemption Story? →

How Was Thomas Healed?  Good Morning Friends,  We are a people of hurt every one of us....physical pain, emotional pain, addictions, cancers, insecurities and angers plague all those in the pews and those who have never seen one. Sadly it is how we identify who we are. The question though is whether or not we want to own our … Continue reading How Was Thomas Healed? →

What is the Spiritual Condition of Your Heart?  Good Morning Friends,  Our minister at Moorings has a physical heart condition. He went in for a procedure earlier this year and is much better. But about a half a million people die every year in America with the cause being Coronary Heart Disease. It can be … Continue reading What is the Spiritual Condition of Your Heart? →

Do You Know The Power of Words?  Good Morning Friends,  The silence of solitude as I type this makes me realize how precious words are. In the still small voice of them the words spoken can be creative, dynamic, and deterministic in the world around us. They can inspire. They can form. They can preserve. There … Continue reading Do You Know The Power of Words? →

What is Your Best Camping Experience? Good Morning Friends, It is getting to be summertime and that usually means camping for the Lawson Family. As a child I began to learn the disciplines necessary when I went camping with my father and have passed them on, with my wife, while camping with my family. Our … Continue reading What is Your Best Camping Experience? →

What Exactly Is Our Christian Identity?  Good Morning Friends,  A few days ago Pope Francis gave a homily about the core characteristics of people in the faith. It was about gaining clarity as to who we are on the long journey from indistinctiveness to conviction. As a follow up, I ask the same question he … Continue reading What Exactly Is Our Christian Identity? →