Can You Imagine Your Body...The Body of the Christ as the Temple of God?    Good Morning Friends,    Today my family is celebrating the fiftieth year of the founding of Moorings Presbyterian Church. Our family will be playing English Handbells and singing in the choir as part of worship. One of the songs is … Continue reading Can You Imagine Your Body…The Body of the Christ as the Temple of God? →

Have You Ever Asked God for Directions?  Good Morning Friends,  Have you ever asked someone for directions? The best directions come from someone that knows where you are and where you need to go. Isaiah predicted that God would show those who are lost a new way. Peter likens it to a shepherd and flock. … Continue reading Have You Ever Asked God for Directions? →

Are You Afraid of the Light?  Good Morning Friends,  When we go camping as a family we typically go to bed when it gets dark. The whole experience brings us closer to God's wonderful creation. But there are times when we have arrived at a camp site when the sun has gone down and the … Continue reading Are You Afraid of the Light? →

 Do You Have A Lasting Living Legacy?  Good Morning Friends,  Do you have a dream for the people in the place where you live? Martin Luther King did. John F. Kennedy did. We do so need to embrace a unifying dream today. The Bible is filled with stories of dreams and dreamers. None of them is more important … Continue reading Do You Have A Lasting Living Legacy? →

Do You Feel Connected to Christ's Spirit?  Good Morning Friends,  We as members of our local churches and we as members of the Church Universal need to rejoice and encourage other believers that the Body of Christ takes form when we exist to serve others. The experience does not revolve around individual diversity, and yet acknowledges that we are all still vital pieces … Continue reading Do You Feel Connected to Christ’s Spirit? →

What is Your Image of the Power of God in His Church?  Good Morning Friends,  Last night I was reading a bit from the book, With the Holy Spirit and with Fire, by Sam Shoemaker. It is bluntly critical of the shallowness of much of what we call church and it convinced me that we … Continue reading What is Your Image of the Power of God in His Church? →

How Does Repentance Help Us to Predict the Future?    Good Morning Friends,    Last week I contemplated the prophets in the Bible. And came to realize that for many of them their predictions did not come true in their life time. But then it was never really about them. Consider Jonah. He brought on … Continue reading How Does Repentance Help Us to Predict the Future? →

Have You Made A List Of Things For Which You Are Thankful?  Good Morning Friends,  After praying this morning and reading a psalm about being thankful and one about how God upholds both the cosmic and moral order bringing victory, and scripture about the grateful Samaritan, I took some time to write down some of the things … Continue reading Have You Made A List Of Things For Which You Are Thankful? →

Do You Want to Be Guided by the Choicest of Spiritual Gifts?  Good Morning Friends,  Out on the mission frontier one gets to meet some amazing people. People that risk it all. Some of them function as teachers and others as preachers and artists. They have a variety of gifts God has placed in them … Continue reading Do You Want to Be Guided by the Choicest of Spiritual Gifts? →

Are You Ready To Share Scripture and Prayer At The City Gates?   Good Morning Friends,  Timothy had known Paul from his youth, and Paul was like a spiritual father to him. In his letters to Timothy, Paul desires to pass on some spiritual DNA. He knows the end is drawing near. In his second letter … Continue reading Are You Ready To Share Scripture and Prayer At The City Gates? →