No Higher Love Good Morning Friends, I was named after my grandfather John Francis Clark. By his chair, at his home, was a Bible and on the wall of his kitchen a huge poster of the planets in our solar system.  He was the seventh son of a seventh son…an inventor, a farmer, a builder and … Continue reading No Higher Love →

Trust the Potter Good Morning Friends, Broken relationships with family members are like broken pottery that have lost their function. Perhaps you have felt the pain as the sharp edges cut your emotions. The 750 youth in Florida awaiting Foster Care have to face this reality…their care givers too. The nearly 300 single fathers and … Continue reading Trust the Potter →

Survivors Good Morning Friends, We have all had to face setbacks. Perhaps for you it was the economic downturn in 2008 or an earthquake or a job loss or the breakup of a relationship. Or perhaps a health problem. Some of you reading this have undoubtedly had a diagnosis of cancer. For my mom it … Continue reading Survivors →

Pray Without Ceasing Good Morning Friends, Over the Fourth of July Holiday I would like you to do something really important. You may have to work your way up to this incrementally and you may find keeping your mouth shut helpful until you get the hang of it as a worry free and unforced action. … Continue reading Pray Without Ceasing →

Show God the Fruit Every Single Day Good Morning Friends, I understand that tomato trees and lemons and mangos can produce fruit every month. Can you? Or are you only a Sunday Christian? Today we take a look in the mirror and ask if we have a phony faith that greens up on Sunday but … Continue reading Show God the Fruit Every Single Day →

“Where Are You?” Good Morning Friends, Lots of people are planning summer vacations but today we are doing something that takes us on a very different journey. The first step is to take a proximity check as to where we are in relationship to our spiritual home. Here we seek God’s Plan for Success to … Continue reading Where are you? →

A Daily Freedom in Christ. Good Morning Friends, This Sunday, and like every Sunday is a memory and echo of Easter. We were asleep and now we have risen. So get up! Today we are to be a light and love in Christ. We are to take this power into each and every morning as … Continue reading A Daily Freedom in Christ →

Confidence in God Good Morning Friends, There are real opportunities and real challenges for leadership in communities with a flow of people in and out. University towns and places like Immokalee with its farm workers have something in common. There is a migration and movement to these communities that have both a great exodus and … Continue reading Confidence in God →

Doing Then Deciding…Sowing and Soaring. Good Morning Friends, Much of life and our journey with people in community is not connected to the right process. Not only do we have the wrong metrics, we have things out of order. We forget that we might reap what others have sown. We are told by the world … Continue reading Doing Then Deciding…Sowing and Soaring →

Real Value Good Morning Friends, There are lots of things the world encourages us to seek that in God’s eyes are not essential for a spiritual relationship. Scripture tells us that the true worth of success, knowledge and wealth cannot compare to the significance of a person’s heart. Friends, today we take a look at … Continue reading Real Value →