Does Practice Make Perfect?  Good Morning Friends,    There is a tension in today's scripture...a little bit of heaven and a little bit of earth in which we prepare for the final game...the last performance. It struck a chord for me yesterday as we were running through two bell pieces to be shared to prepare … Continue reading Does Practice Make Perfect? →

Do You Have Spiritual Capital...Do You Have Love?  Good Morning Friends,  One of my friends Bill Milliken coined the phrase, Tough Love, and another one of my friends, Reid Carpenter coined the phrase, Spiritual Capital. They complement each other in interesting ways to change people's lives for they are from the same root. An example … Continue reading Do You Have Spiritual Capital…Do You Have Love? →

 Do You Have The Right Friends?  Good Morning Friends,  The election of people to public offices is heating up in Mexico and in Haiti and even here and Florida and the thing is that it can get nasty and ugly. In these situations we often trust our families and friends. We trust our government in all … Continue reading Do You Have The Right Friends? →

20Do You Know the Will of God When You See It, Smell It and Taste It?  Good Morning Friends,  Ever notice that you leave your normal sense of taste behind at the airport departure gate when you get on board a plane and cruise to a level of 30,000 thousand feet. The flavor of everything … Continue reading Do You Know the Will of God When You See It, Smell It and Taste It? →

Are You Lonely?  Good Morning Friends,  Paul writes to the Corinthians in response to the existential loneliness, the emptiness inside that revisits them and us when we embrace a secular ecstasy that is born out of evil. At the heart of the problem is our separation from God...death. It is all a bit of a mystery but … Continue reading Are You Lonely? →

Do You Have a Family Resemblance? Good Morning Friends, Yesterday I had lunch with a dear friend who told me of a conversation he had with his wife about helping his granddaughter to learn to drive. It was all about patience and also helping another to learn about blind spots. Today as we contemplate the … Continue reading Do You Have a Family Resemblance? →

Really How Can One Feel Insignificant?  Good Morning Friends,  Here in Collier County, Florida we have more than 40 species of mosquitoes. And with all the recent rains they are breading and hungry. The number holds no specific significance in a Biblical sense no more than the fact that only three of them pose a … Continue reading Really How Can One Feel Insignificant? →

What is Trinity Sunday? Good Morning Friends, Words alone do not express the joy of knowing sins forgiven. This promise of new life in Christ is a great hope, but is also so personal that the words I write will be insufficient in explaining this experience. God will have to join in the reading and … Continue reading What is Trinity Sunday? →

Do You Know What You Need to Know to Be Successful?  Good Morning Friends,  High School youth graduated this last week and many of them will be going off to college. If you are or have one in your family, congratulations. Only a small percent of the world's population are college students. And if you … Continue reading Do You Know What You Need to Know to Be Successful? →

Do You Think in Worship as in War We Could Be More Trusting of God?  Good Morning Friends,  Does your faith need miracles to sustain it? Does it need more entertainment and drama to keep you engaged? Creative activities are wonderful but the dance of the Holy Spirit is choreographed for more than a Broadway … Continue reading Do You Think in Worship as in War We Could Be More Trusting of God? →