The Teamwork to Make the Dream Work Good Morning Friends, This week at One by One Leadership Foundation we brought together the community team to start a youth basketball league in Immokalee. It is a collaboration with cooperation. Also this week a friend of mine has a group of his old friends visiting in Southwest … Continue reading The Teamwork to Make the Dream Work →

Solutions Made in Immokalee Good Morning Friends, When the sun goes down 1.3 billion people in the world only have toxic kerosene lamps and other life-threatening materials for lighting and cooking in their homes. This situation not only costs them a lot of money for the fuel, about a $100 a year, but according to … Continue reading Solutions Made in Immokalee →

Freed Good Morning Friends, The true story of Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, won the Movie Oscars this last weekend. It is a powerful movie...even the thought of it. I bring it to your attention on this Fat Tuesday because the movie is an appropriate study even on this day of Carnival, but I … Continue reading Freed →

The Light of Love Sets Us Free Good Morning Friends, Yesterday the sermon at Moorings was about the transfiguration of Christ. The sermon pointed out that the fear of God may be the beginning of wisdom but that perfect love, in casting out fear, extends the light of Christ beyond mountaintop experiences. As the bird … Continue reading The Light of Love Sets Us Free →

The Grace of Forgiveness Good Morning Friends, Maybe you know someone who has gone through or is going through the 12 Step Program of AA. Today we look at the scripture behind Step Eight and the tension of asking others we have harmed for forgiveness being willing to make restitution. Now you may be thinking, … Continue reading The Grace of Forgiveness →

To Fear and Not to Fear This Sunday will be Transfiguration Sunday, marking the beginning of Jesus' journey to Jerusalem. Sunday for many Christians will begin a period of contemplation of the journey to the cross...the sacrifice for our salvation. There is tension between our inner experience and our outward public presence as we experience this scripture about the … Continue reading To Fear and Not to Fear →

A Time for Building Up Good Morning Friends, Never underestimate the power of small acts of love ...of small acts of kindness. There is power in the plan of God whether we understand it or not. And in this Spirit we learn that God has begun a good work in us and will complete it. We will … Continue reading A Time for Building Up →

Angry Grapes and Angry Salsa Good Morning Friends, One can buy a home in Ave Maria not far from Immokalee, Florida on John Steinbeck Way and eat salsa made with local vegetables including jalapeno peppers, seeds and all made by kids. The allusion is of course to the people and place linking a tomato fields … Continue reading Angry Grapes and Angry Salsa →

Imagining Solutions for a Better World. Good Morning Friends, Monday I attended a one day conference that asked questions like, "Does anyone really learn from history? How do we process knowledge? Did Adam and Eve leave the garden with their apple device? We asked questions about how we learn and the unintended consequences of handling … Continue reading Imagining Solutions for a Better World. →

Jesus is Worthy of More Glory. Good Morning Friends, Last night the closing ceremonies for the Sochi Winter Olympics were held. They were designed to help the world better understand the soul of Russia. Clowns, dancers, Russian artists and writers were honored. There was a sadness about it. The dancers formed the Olympic rings with … Continue reading Jesus is Worthy of More Glory. →