Good Morning Friends,     I do not know about you, but I want my faith to be a faith of actions, not just words, thoughts, and feelings alone. The problem comes when I am tested by fire in my need to forgive myself and others when our faith does not have much in … Continue reading Have You Not Only Learned The Freedom Of Forgiving But Are Willing To Practice It? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Here we are on the Lenten journey from Transfiguration to Transformation…from Fast to Feast. And there is a message here in the crossing that we need to bring home for its relevance of how we experience Jesus in this life and the next and forgive me for not being better … Continue reading Where Are You Living? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today's text selections though lengthy, if you are willing to spend some time in reading and considering their meaning, could give you some important insights into how we are to worship God. We give worship a lot of lip service, but too often our words are empty. Thankfully, Jesus spoke … Continue reading Is Our Worship Nurturing Us In Spirit And In Truth? →

Good Morning,     Today we explore the lectionary readings for a little wisdom from the stories of Joseph being sold into slavery and the parable of the wicked vineyard tenants. They tell the stories of life not always seeming fair and the reality of people living in pain and what happens when we feel separated … Continue reading How Do We Produce Fruit When We Have Been Suffering? →

   Good Morning Friends,   A German philosopher, who I am not particularly fond of, observed this and perhaps rightly so: "Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you." ― Friedrich W. Nietzsche Today's text poses some heavy … Continue reading Do I Even Have An Option About Being Totally Depraved? →

Good Morning Friends,     James and John were naturally talented and dedicated to the Lord but more boisterous than the reading of the books in the Bible with their names would indicate. In fact, they were called the sons of thunder. Their mother, like every mother wanted the best for her children, and I think … Continue reading Will We Walk In The Prophetic Path Of Jesus? →

Good Morning Friends,      Well, we are into Lent and have been reading a lot of Old Testament scripture on obedience and repentance. And it should begin to soak in that there is nothing that can separate us from the power of God's forgiveness and redemptive grace except ourselves. So, we need to not be … Continue reading Why Is It So Hard To Repent? →

       Good Morning Friends,     Some who preach the prosperity Gospel promote the wrong kind of charity and the wrong Spirit when it comes to what we should pass on to the next generation. Certainly, we have a call to serve each other but the prosperity approach is too much about self-interest and what … Continue reading Are You Giving And Forgiving For The Right Reasons? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Distinguishing the hand of God in one's life is not always easy. It is not as if we get a definitive picture of it as a child. Still perhaps we do see God as a touch of comfort for a little child… or as the holder of the universe…or as … Continue reading Whose Hands Do We Trust To Mold Us And Is It For An Earthly Kingdom Or A Heavenly One? →

       Good Morning Friends,     God has made us an offer that is not based on what we can do but upon what Jesus did. By forgiving our sins God gives us a new heart and His Spirit that enables us to draw near in an intimate fellowship. The image is of a wedding. … Continue reading How Do We Get Off Thinking That Life Is Sometimes Not Fair? →