Do You Have a Family Resemblance? Good Morning Friends, Yesterday I had lunch with a dear friend who told me of a conversation he had with his wife about helping his granddaughter to learn to drive. It was all about patience and also helping another to learn about blind spots. Today as we contemplate the … Continue reading Do You Have a Family Resemblance? →

Really How Can One Feel Insignificant?  Good Morning Friends,  Here in Collier County, Florida we have more than 40 species of mosquitoes. And with all the recent rains they are breading and hungry. The number holds no specific significance in a Biblical sense no more than the fact that only three of them pose a … Continue reading Really How Can One Feel Insignificant? →

What is Trinity Sunday? Good Morning Friends, Words alone do not express the joy of knowing sins forgiven. This promise of new life in Christ is a great hope, but is also so personal that the words I write will be insufficient in explaining this experience. God will have to join in the reading and … Continue reading What is Trinity Sunday? →

Do You Know What You Need to Know to Be Successful?  Good Morning Friends,  High School youth graduated this last week and many of them will be going off to college. If you are or have one in your family, congratulations. Only a small percent of the world's population are college students. And if you … Continue reading Do You Know What You Need to Know to Be Successful? →

Do You Think in Worship as in War We Could Be More Trusting of God?  Good Morning Friends,  Does your faith need miracles to sustain it? Does it need more entertainment and drama to keep you engaged? Creative activities are wonderful but the dance of the Holy Spirit is choreographed for more than a Broadway … Continue reading Do You Think in Worship as in War We Could Be More Trusting of God? →

Do You Feel the Power When You Believe?  Good Morning Friends,  I do not know if others experience cycles of doubt, belief and knowledge, but I imagine we all must, for even though we have faith that embraces a tangible Kingdom of God in the moment, and in reflection on the past, we still must, in anticipation of the future; believe … Continue reading Do You Feel the Power When You Believe? →

What Was Judas Thaddeus Thinking? Good Morning Friends, Yesterday's devotional, perhaps in error, noted that Thaddeus the brother of James and John never wrote a letter included in the Bible, and though I am no expert on the matter of authorship, it does seem to me in retrospect that the book of Jude might qualify. … Continue reading What Was Judas Thaddeus Thinking? →

How Can We Believe We Can Be Greater Than John the Baptist? Good Morning Friends, Do you think you are "a nobody?" ...Think again. Still the first law of ministry is humility, for whoever humbles himself like a child, will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Perplexed. Don't be, for today we give … Continue reading How Can We Believe We Can Be Greater Than John the Baptist? →

Do You Know How to Reconcile People? Good Morning Friends, In my mission work of connecting leaders, changing lives and transforming community, I spend time praying with Catholics and Protestants in Ave Maria and Immokalee alike. I am learning about connecting faith communities as well as government, and business communities as a ministry. I imagine … Continue reading Do You Know How to Reconcile People? →

Who Are Your Heroes?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we remember the fallen heroes who left behind widows and widowers, and sons and daughters, but also heroes now past who survived life's battles. We are to look up to these heroes for they do things most us cannot do. People look up to heroes like some … Continue reading Who Are Your Heroes? →