Do You Know What Real Giving Is About?  Good Morning Friends,  Not all widows are poor and not all widows are generous, but whether wealthy or not they can help us to learn the nature of impressing God. The harsh reality is that our buying and giving habits can often perpetuate systems that marginalize the … Continue reading Do You Know What Real Giving Is About? →

How Much Spiritual Risk Capital Are You Willing To Invest?  Good Morning Friends,  I am always looking for opportunities to nudge others to experience new ways to serve God. Sometimes I will prompt others to experience the multiplying effect of God's love by giving a specific person a $20 bill with the contingency that they … Continue reading How Much Spiritual Risk Capital Are You Willing To Invest? →

Is the Pope Catholic?  Good Morning Friends,  I worship in a Presbyterian Church but my worship of God is not limited to such a place. I am constantly making connections and so I find it interesting that Pope Francis has really embraced a life that does not condemn others but is fundamentally a reformed tradition … Continue reading Is the Pope Catholic? →

How Do We See Though the Eyes of Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  If you are prepared to be more impressed with the greatness of God than with the sin of the world....if you would like to seek to learn how to transform the communities in which you live and work, listen up. When Jesus sees … Continue reading How Do We See Though the Eyes of Jesus? →

Have You Lost Something That Needs To Be Found?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's parable is about lost things, but is also true about people who are spiritually lost. Here we might just discover we are meant to respond to them in a way that honors Jesus. Here we find that it is best to respond to people who are … Continue reading Have You Lost Something That Needs To Be Found? →

Just What is The Gospel?  Good Morning Friends,  The longer I live the more I am convinced that if our personal faith in Jesus does not result in a positive outward expression that honors the Kingdom to Come then something is missing in our understanding of the Gospel. Do you know what you have to … Continue reading Just What is The Gospel? →

Do You Desire a Love that Lasts?  Good Morning Friends,  Speaking of God's presence and power can be such an act of love, especially when it brings strength and determination to those struggling in life. There is great encouragement in the love of Jesus as we witness His hope in the act of sharing a … Continue reading Do You Desire a Love that Lasts? →

What Prayer Request Do You Have?  Good Morning Friends,  Faith is relevant today as much as ever, for so much of the problem is not the way things are, but how we think and pray about them. In today's scripture Jesus expects us to bear fruit even when it is out of season. Go to … Continue reading What Prayer Request Do You Have? →

Do You Believe?  Good Morning Friends,  In today's scripture is the shortest verse in the Bible... "Jesus wept." As kids it was our very favorite passage to memorize. Yet in these words we see Jesus preparing to give us all new grounds for believing in a personal God... The Lord of Life. The story of Lazarus becomes … Continue reading Do You Believe? →

How Happy Is Your Wisdom?  Good Morning Friends,  Are we hiding under the covers or are we seeking forgiveness from the comforter? Today we acknowledge the reality that when it comes to sin, God is a great covering. Perhaps you have gotten that sickness in the pit of your stomach when you have messed up. You … Continue reading How Happy Is Your Wisdom? →