To Compare is to Despair Good Morning Friends, Over the weekend we watched some of the football playoffs and the competition to select the United States Winter Olympics athletes in the upcoming games. Something that struck me is the growing interest in personal bests, focusing the individual's competition internally instead of a battle with the … Continue reading To Compare is to Despair →

Learn to Confront Evil Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we were studying Genesis 1 and the creation story against the first chapter of John. One of the challenging questions before us was the problem of evil and whether God created it, and if He did why. Frankly I am a little reluctant to jump into this … Continue reading Learn to Confront Evil →

The Opposium Totalis Good Morning Friends, Often the Christian faith is viewed as being compliant and fitting into the mold of religion. The problem is that this approach really only satisfies an external holiness not an inward one. So today we explore going against the grain. Today we speak up noting that all too often … Continue reading The Opposium Totalis →

Ashamed? Good Morning Friends, The Lyndon Johnson War on poverty is 50 years old. We lost because we did not really know what we were doing. The world of poverty is so alone. We attempted to fix it in isolation...perhaps fearing that if we got too close we would take self-affirming joy in others suffering. … Continue reading Ashamed? →

The Bard, the Bible and the Bed Good Morning Friends, Did you know that Shakespeare's plays are full of Bible references? Some are obvious, but many require very careful reading and a thorough familiarity with the Bible to catch. Some interpret them to mean that Shakespeare was a closet Catholic, others to the possibility he … Continue reading The Bard, the Bible and the Bed →

Cold! Good Morning Friends, Last night I read a little Shakespeare during the National BCS football game to warm the Spirit. And now this morning the shelters have filled and the blanket brigades are out for it is Cold! Scripture:  From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. Job 37:9 (NRSV) Now … Continue reading Cold! →

I'm Possible Good Morning Friend, One of our volunteer ministers at Moorings greeted people with "Happy Easter" instead of "Happy New Year." Ok he is older than Methuselah but I am not so sure it is a mistake to look at new beginnings on the first Sunday of the year. So in honor of revival … Continue reading I’m Possible →

Surprised by the Grace of God. Good Morning Friends, God's is much like the Sun, so perfectly place like His Son in relationship to this world… bringing not only light, but the warmth of love on a cold winter morning… And here as I write awaiting the sunrise in knowledge that there is both a … Continue reading Surprised by the Grace of God →

A Light that Keeps on Shinning. Good Morning Friends, Well, we packed up the Christmas ornaments and they are ready to go back up to the attic and the Christmas trees are down as well. All the lights have been stored away and as I sort out the experience I am looking for the connection … Continue reading A Light the Keeps on Shinning →

Perfect Tense In reference to yesterday's devotional on communication, a friend of mine, MK, thought he would share an insight into Biblical Greek. He points out that the Greek, a language few speak, "has a unique tense that refers to a once and for all time completed action.  Therefore while the action is in the past, … Continue reading Perfect Tense →