Fathers, Mothers, Hands and Nails Good Morning Friends, Last Saturday I spent the morning out in Immokalee helping to give away backpacks to returning students in need of assistance. About 800 people showed up for the event. Families registered and got passports and different colored armbands for crowd control and then in groups of about … Continue reading Fathers, Mothers, Hands and Nails →

Shouting Stones and a Still Small Voice Good Morning Friends, Today we come to the most misunderstood of our senses as it relates to our experience of God. This is difficult for as I am writing, at the same time, I am trying to turn off my internal editor. I could be writing about the … Continue reading Shouting Stones and Still Small Voice →

Taste, Aftertaste and Acquired Taste Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we had communion at church….bread and grape juice. I ate it all. Now with the memory of that meal in my mind I am compelled to continue to explore our senses as a means of experiencing God. Today we contemplate one of our senses that blends … Continue reading Taste, Aftertaste and Acquired Taste →

Touching the Hem…the Holes. Good Morning Friends, Have you ever experienced the presence of God? I hope you have. It is not the same as receiving a blessing, wonderfully reassuring though that is. It is really more about touch. The first sense we acquire…the first language with which we communicate. Here is a foundation to … Continue reading Touching the Hem…the Holes. →

The Smell of Mary’s Alabaster Box Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we explored our sense of sight and light. This morning we explore our sense of smell and sacrifice in relationship to the spirit. And though I have an app now to automatically moderate the brightness on my computer screen, thanks to my son, I do … Continue reading The Smell of Mary’s Alabaster Box →

Deliverance from Darkness Good Morning Friends, Sometimes as a child I would get under the covers at night and read books by flashlight. Some of that experience reminds me of what I am perceiving writing this devotional in the dark in front of the light of my computer this very moment. One becomes covered in … Continue reading Deliverance from Darness →

Learn to Trust Good Morning Friends, Looking at today’s text I have to admit that a lot of life is doing things one does not want to do. Some of these activities are a benefit and some not so much so. We learn to face these events in silence, suffering and if smart with a … Continue reading Learn to Trust →

In Giving We Get Good Morning Friends, A couple of months ago I was praying with an IRS agent. The IRS has been in the news and frankly it has not been all good. So he was sitting visibly alone in the Bible study group and I think had discovered that he was missing something. … Continue reading In Giving We Get →

He Has Come Back Home Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we were out in Immokalee and Ave Maria engaged in helping a little with the football camps being held there. Through our sports mentoring work with One by One Leadership Foundation we arranged for 250 pizza to feed the estimated 500 kids involved. Everybody had T-shirts. … Continue reading He Has Come Back Home →

Anxious Anger Good Morning Friends, Sometimes my family will turn to me and tell me that I have that I am making an angry face. I know exactly what they are talking about, for I do get angry sometimes. This last weekend we were hanging wall paper and re-screening part of our porch. Need I … Continue reading Anxious Anger →