The Providence of God  Good Morning Friends, Wednesday night, at choir, we practiced a song that is a paraphrase of Psalm 23 and in meditating on it the director was led to one word that is the focus of today's devotional. This song we are scheduled to sing on Sunday asks this question, "Oh what … Continue reading The Providence of God →

Pursuit of God is Anything but Trivial Good Morning Friends, There are those who are not satisfied until they have experienced more of life. They have discovered that the more intimate our encounter with something or someone, the more profound our desire to know and experience more. This is true in our experience of people … Continue reading Pursuit of God is Anything but Trivial →

The Wizard of Awe Good Morning Friends, So what do you do when you have a Scarecrows brain, a Tin Man's heart and lack a Lion's courage? Well you go to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz of course. Well that is how the storyline goes but the reform symbolism used by L. Frank Baum in … Continue reading The Wizard of Awe →

"The One You Feed." Good Morning in Friends There is a Native American proverb that goes like this: A tribal elder is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he says to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two dogs. One is evil - he … Continue reading “The One You Feed.” →

Micro Aggression or Macro Aggression Good Morning Friends, There is a developing form of communication being born out of the painful intersections of intimacy in the multicultural, ethnically diverse environment that is the flow of people to the world's cities. To some it is seen as a social disease, to some antagonistic diplomacy. To others … Continue reading Micro Aggression or Macro Aggression →

Divine Interruptions Good Morning Friends, Whatever your goals are today be aware that events might well intervene to change the direction and course of what was happening in your life. The flow of activities could press the work of the moment into service of another kind that more reflects worship and opportunity. You may not … Continue reading Divine Interruptions →

Live Long and Prosper Good Morning Friends, What do you think of when I say blessings? It is my benediction for you each morning as you start the day. Now it is habit, but in the forming of it perhaps my mind was guided by the words of the Beatitudes, or the blessings of God … Continue reading Live Long and Prosper →

A New Call Good Morning Friends, Yesterday afternoon I saw a visual manifestation of the devotion I had written earlier that day about strength in numbers. The location was a Starbucks where I pick up food donations for our partners. I always use the opportunity to minister to the needs of the workers who know … Continue reading A New Call →

Entwined Moments of Divine Freedom. Good Morning Friends, Most people have not learned to have a sensitivity to the moving of the Spirit that prompts a shared love with others. But these times of sharing the right things at the right time can last a lifetime and are indeed Entwined Moments of Divine Freedom. Scripture: … Continue reading Entwined Moments of Divine Freedom. →

LIFE'S STORMS Good Morning Friends, A storm blew through South Florida yesterday and still lingers as I write this. It got me thinking this morning in the dark about what we see about storms and what we do not. It got me thinking about the storms in the Bible and how we face our own … Continue reading LIFE’S STORMS →