Toots and Tears Good Morning Friends, I guess we all play social, economic and even religious games according to our setting and to our generation and privileged status of being part of a group. Given the traditions to which we become accustomed, we make a set of choices about what constitutes accepted behaviors and tend … Continue reading Toots and Tears →

Discover the Power of Thoughtful Compassion Good Morning Friends, Understanding the nature of and flow of power is so important if one hopes handouts can help humanity. I am on a Missional Team at the Presbytery and I figure our role is to help distribute knowledge with love though missions. If the flow is one … Continue reading Discover the Power of Thoughtful Compassion →

Happy Dependence Day Good Morning Friends, Today is a day of parades and fireworks. It will be sensational. Do have a Happy Fourth of July! But as I think about it this morning it reminds me of the crowds that gathered around Jesus before the Passover and Passion. It reminds me of the disciples and … Continue reading Happy Dependence Day →

Bells and Blessings Good Morning Friends, We had a memorable trip out west playing handbells that somehow prompted in me a sense of grateful wonder for the journey we are on together. Initially I thought that we had come a long way from Florida to Washington, but one of the players joining us was a … Continue reading Bells and Blessings →

The Rest Has Been Written into the Music Good Morning Friends, I sing in a church choir with my family. We also play English Handbells. At first it was more like a job, but now it is more of a joy. As I have grown in my faith...my experience of the music has shifted from work to worship...from performance … Continue reading The Rest Has Been Written into the Music →

The Greatest Treasure of All Good Morning Friends, If we take our everyday life, nothing out of the ordinary, just our eating and sleeping and gardening and shopping and driving around and working and talking and put it before God as an offering...if we embrace what God is doing in our life, not the world's values … Continue reading The Greatest Treasure of All →

A Man who Serves God. Good Morning Friends, Today's verse, the words of Jesus, were shared as He and the twelve disciples were walking to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast. Jesus gathered them together privately near Jericho to explain what was going to happen. He told of his betrayal and death and resurrection. Then the … Continue reading A Man who Serves God. →

Doing What is Right Good Morning Friends, When faced with taking a stand for what is right, our greatest temptation is to remain neutral, to forfeit moral leadership for the sake of popularity, comfort or worse greed. Certainly, we should choose our battles wisely and be sure of our motives before we take a stand. … Continue reading Doing What is Right →

"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" Good Morning Friends, Today's scripture defines neighbor through a story but I think it also is defined in the person of Christ and so too in the lives of those who follow in His Way. As a kid I remember watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood not realizing at the time that … Continue reading “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” →

Forgive Our Ignorance Good Morning Friends, As Christians we must learn to forgive and love those the world rejects, even those who reject us. We are to learn the wisdom and understanding of the heart. Friends living is easy and confidence abounds when we embrace the illusion of knowledge in wealth. But we are called … Continue reading Forgive Our Ignorance →