Bad Tenants Good Morning Friends, Today we look on a story that started in the Garden and goes on in our world today in our rebellion against God and at first it really makes our blood ready to boil. But then it makes us sad and then, as I think of Fyodor Dostoevski's book The … Continue reading Bad Tenants →

Nicodemus in the Daylight Good Morning Friends, I really do love the process of birthing these devotionals each day. Putting them out commits me to being a more transparent Christian.  Reading and praying over the passage generates seeds of ideas, which brew and stew and take shape and begin to grow. This morning in reading the … Continue reading Nicodemus in the Daylight →

The Crown of Creation? Good Morning Friends, Today we consider the majesty of God and the enigma of humanity. We ask why if we are the pinnacle of God's work of creation that we are all so insignificant. Friends, sometimes those who are struggling in the faith need the comfort of a personal God who … Continue reading The Crown of Creation? →

The Riddle of Grace Good Morning Friends, Yesterday's children's chat was about riddles. The young kids were asked three riddles. First, what holds water even though it is full of holes? Second, what gets wet when it is drying? And third: When I am filled, I can work or play; when I am empty, I … Continue reading The Riddle of Grace →

A Cure for the Common Life Good Morning Friends, Maybe I should have saved these thoughts for Mother's Day but I was thinking about my mother and her marriage to my dad and my wife and our marriage and the power of the unity in the Holy Spirit... so you get it today. You see, … Continue reading A Cure for the Common Life →

Bursting Bubbles Good Morning Friends, Vanity is a temptation we have our entire life whether we are Christian or not. Sure we may get better at managing it but it has a way of blowing everyone off course and away from the truth. Vanity makes us way too complacent in our isolation from God in … Continue reading Bursting Bubbles →

God is Love Good Morning Friends, The profound language of today's scripture is the hardest lesson we have in life... learning to receive it... learning to give it to others... learning that God cannot be separated from this new way. Maybe it should come with trumpet blasts and the celebration of a new year this amazing … Continue reading God is Love →

In the Garden Good Morning Friends, There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot. Now it is autumn and the harvest is full swing in the Midwest where I … Continue reading In the Garden →

Putting it into Practice Good Morning Friends, The simple beauty of the Christian faith and the Gospel's call is one of radical action. The real challenge is not in understanding it but in Putting it into Practice. Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Psalm 119:35 (NRSV) 19Then his mother … Continue reading Putting it into Practice →

The Power of Being Humble Good Morning Friends, We were praying again in Immokalee on Monday and it became clear that In God's Kingdom the powerful serve. In God's Kingdom there is more mercy this day than judgment. In God's Kingdom we discover what to do with dirty feet. In God's Kingdom we are not … Continue reading The Power of Being Humble →