The Hope of Unity Good Morning Friends, Working together for a common cause is difficult. There are economies of exclusion and an idolatry of money and financial systems that rule over instead of serve. And then there is inequality which spawns violence. Oh, and egos. Sometimes people pretend there is unity when there is not. … Continue reading The Hope of Unity →

The Hope of a Thankful Heart Good Morning Friends, I am blessed to pray with some great people of prayer each week. They are all kinds of people, all of them great people, amazing people, who have learned or are learning to accept God's plan, to live through the tension and in the tension of life understanding that the meaning … Continue reading The Hope of a Thankful Heart →

Deferred Hope Good Morning Friends, The anticipations and expectations of life teach us that peace comes when we base our hope in God not circumstances. We learn that faith alone does not guarantee desired outcomes. If we look back over our life we might learn that when we placed circumstances above God we lived in … Continue reading Deferred Hope →

Acts of Faith Becoming Hope for the Living Good Morning Friends, "Show me your faith without works and I will show you my faith by my works." This passage from James is demonstrated in today's scripture story from Mark 2. In this story of the paraplegic and his friends, Jesus makes it clear that not … Continue reading Acts of Faith Becoming Hope for the Living →

Hope for a Holy Nation Good Morning Friends, Yesterday's scripture at church was focused on the judgment portrayed by the shepherd separating the sheep and the goats, the righteous from the self-righteous, and the good from the bad. Jesus was about to face crucifixion and death when he shared the description of what is to … Continue reading Hope for a Holy Nation →

Meals of Hope Good Morning Friends, The story of the Taste of Immokalee has yet to be fully written but even the thought of it, if one understands it, suggests the full possibility that beyond the American Dream is the Kingdom of God...the New Jerusalem and that it is not to be so much for … Continue reading Meals of Hope →

A Hope of Something More than Money Good Morning Friends, God wants to change our view of what money is really about. He wants to set our expectation realistically about what it can and cannot do. He wants us to beware of false teachings combined with the love of money. My, what a mess we … Continue reading A Hope of Something More than Money →

Hope Good Morning Friends, One of my friends suggested that I do a series on a topic and so I asked him what topic would be good to start off such an endeavor. After a pause he responded with what might well be the riskiest of the virtues...the one word... Hope. Scripture: 16So we do … Continue reading Hope →

 Food Chains Good Morning Friends, Well Pope Francis has announced as the liturgical year is coming to an end that he is planning to come to America and to Philadelphia in particular, but it is my hope that he would come to Immokalee. But first I would hope he would watch the film which is … Continue reading Food Chains →

Being Focused on Both Faith and Works Good Morning Friends, Today's devotional and scripture is about discovering good endeavors... those things pursued in response to God's calling that make a difference. It was prompted by a request of a friend who asked about a particular passage. The scripture starts with the premise that living a … Continue reading Being Focused on Both Faith and Works →