Practice the Presence of God Good Morning Friends, I have some friends who have disciplined themselves like watchman in the night to pray for Immokalee. They are rare creatures that pray and hope for a day when their numbers increase dramatically. They sense the challenge that George Barna translated into a study about 15 years … Continue reading Practice the Presence of God →

Becoming Christ's Children, The Sacrifice of Family and the Hope of Reciprocal Altruism. Good Morning Friends, Today on this Second Sunday in Lent we contemplate those habits of daily sacrifice that extends love in families and communities. Today we explore acts of selflessness and the practice of concern for the welfare of others. One has to wonder of … Continue reading Becoming Christ’s Children, The Sacrifice of Family and the Hope of Reciprocal Altruism. →

Loving When it is Tough Good Morning Friends, Tough love is an expression used, usually for the purpose of justification, when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to help them in the long run. But I have met Bill Milliken who wrote the book Tough Love and I have to think it … Continue reading Loving When it is Tough →

Emptied and Filled Good Morning Friends, I have often wondered about the importance of real fellowship in the conversion of the church to actually be a tool for healthy community building. As we behold the places in which we live and work and worship I think the hope is in the power to live and … Continue reading Emptied and Filled →

The Kingdom Among Us. Good Morning Friends, We do not think of Jesus as smart, but kind. People do not think of Christ as the most intelligent man to ever live nor as a warrior king but he is that too. Dallas Willard put it this way, "We live in a culture that has, for … Continue reading The Kingdom Among Us. →

A New Way Good Morning Friends, I updated my I-phone to a new operating system and well it had a few bugs. The real problem was that my carrier for one of my emails that I had from the start was working on a platform that did not support the technology. Initially I was pissed. … Continue reading A New Way →

Our Shade, Protection and Song Good Morning Friends, The church is to be a place and people of miracles...a place of song. Today we read about the Acts of the Apostles and also the Psalmist Gospel... David's Good News that God is the omnipotent and self-existent One who preserves His people...the ever present influence of … Continue reading Our Shade, Protection and Song →

Joy and Reciprocity Good Morning Friends, Are you a God defier or a God affirmer? Are you a stubborn mule? The word 'sin' has almost disappeared from our vocabulary, but the sense of guilt often remains in our hearts and minds. You see at the heart of every man and woman is the ability to … Continue reading Joy and Reciprocity →

From Survival Mode to Growth Mode Good Morning Friends, There was a storm that blew through Immokalee earlier this week. The wind whipped up and the cattle gathered together in the fields and the egrets gather underneath the cattle. They were in survival mode, focused, determined, driven to exert energy toward getting through the demands … Continue reading From Survival Mode to Growth Mode →

Sacred Ground Good Morning Friends, There have been a lot of auto related deaths of kids. Perhaps you know one of them. As one drives along the Florida roads you can see the memorial flowers. Doves, broken hearts and crosses lovingly arranged at the places of what we call accidents. Hispanics call them descansos, or … Continue reading Sacred Ground →