In Christ Alone. Good Morning Friends, This morning in a very wet Southwest Florida, the frogs are singing to the light of a harvest moon and it reminds me in a strange way that on November 1 our Choir, in which I sing tenor, my wife and daughter sing soprano and son sings base, will … Continue reading In Christ Alone →

Can You Pick Just One? Good Morning Friends, If you had to pick one word to describe your faith would it be Jesus? If you had to choose only one word to explain Jesus the Living Word of God, this historic instrument for the execution of God’s will, what would it be? Randy Travis wrote … Continue reading Can You Pick Just One? →

A Church Full of Hypocrites Good Morning Friends, Paul is really pretty clever. He realizes it takes one to know one. In Chapter 1 of Romans he paints a picture of heathens who had forgotten how to be human and just as he is about to get an Amen from the reader agreeing that these … Continue reading A Church Full of Hypocrites →

Yes, Jesus Loves Me Good Morning Friends, Yesterday, at church, our pastor told a story about Karl Barth, one of the most influential theologians of the 20th Century. You might have read the Barmen Declaration which he wrote as a way of standing up to Hitler in World War II.  Barth in his work Church … Continue reading Yes, Jesus Loves Me →

The Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig Good Morning Friends, I am really beginning to wonder if the universe folds in on itself like a Mobius strip or like the Asteroids video game I used to play thirty years ago- where if you go off the screen to the right you suddenly appear on … Continue reading The Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig →

Like a Good Neighbor Good Morning Friends, Yesterday our family met a Presbyterian Pastor from Cuba and his wife for dinner with a small group at our minister’s home. I came up with a series of questions to ask him as a way of preparing myself to be in the proper mind set.I meditated on … Continue reading Like a Good Neighbor →

God Got Involved. Good Morning Friends, Yesterday at prayer and Bible study we were discussing the things God knows- Everything. The opening was around all the trivia that would win you a free beer at happy hour. The scripture used in the Quentin Tarantino's Academy Award-winning screenplay Pulp Fiction was brought up as such a … Continue reading God Got Involved →

Living Letters of Christ’s Reference Good Morning Friends, Around the Chickee Hut at Bible Study yesterday morning we got into a pretty interesting discussion about asking for money.  It was prompted by the passages in Corinthians below but also our experiences in how people give and especially about how church and ministry people ask for … Continue reading Living Letters of Christ’s Reference →

First Things First Good Morning Friends, Oh we would like to think we are good people but really if honest we should be ashamed of our own power. We are baptized by our vices and live in a battle between our pride and shame. In our impatience we would skip essential steps. It is the … Continue reading First Things First →

Milestones, Cornerstones, Smooth Stones and Cairns Good Morning Friends, Those of you who read these devotionals know that I like to hike on trails that others have walked on. The red trail blazes on trees and stones put upon stones as trail markers help keep one from getting lost. Following that image today we look … Continue reading Milestones​, Cornerston​es, Smooth Stones and Cairns →