Pathetic or Promising?  Good Morning Friends,  When I look back over my life, so far, it is only in those times and small ways that I responded to God's will that made the difference. When I learned to respond out of sympathetic sadness, choosing to move in compassion not contemptuous pity, then I was aroused … Continue reading Pathetic or Promising? →

Are You Part of a Community of Prayer?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we are called to take our vision of enthusiasm to the cross, the throne and to the streets. We are asked to see with the eyes of our hearts connected to an encounter with the divine. We are called to be alert to God's activity around … Continue reading Are You Part of a Community of Prayer? →

Do You Appreciate the Joy and Wonder of Life? Good Morning Friends, It does not begin with love, as is I believe the typical first Christian response, but of awe and the therapeutic cleansing of the soul. For the Jew congregating in the Second Temple today's Psalm would have been like an order of worship. When … Continue reading Do You Appreciate the Joy and Wonder of Life? →

Do You Have A Soul-Friend?  Good Morning Friends,  All of us want to be accepted by others...even God wants love. That is how friendships are formed. So we get together in groups that agree to accept us in their life as we accept them into ours. We become teams, choirs, families, businesses, friends, organizations and … Continue reading Do You Have A Soul-Friend? →

Are You Like Me, Practically Imperfect?  Good Morning Friends,  Often times I will send out these devotions and they will not be complete. I resolved it in my mind but run out of time to do it all. You see, there is something about these devotions that are always not quite right, but somehow that … Continue reading Are You Like Me, Practically Imperfect? →

Can You Imagine a Wedding on Earth as in Heaven?  Good Morning Friends,  When people start their own family and get married, they declare their love for the most important person in their lives. There has to be a leaving, a cleaving and a weaving. They have to sever their umbilical cord with their family … Continue reading Can You Imagine a Wedding on Earth as in Heaven? →

Do You Know How to Have Patience?  Good Morning Friends,  We live in an age when people are easily provoked to anger and fear. I am no different. Today we live in a time when Christians are killed in the name of God. And I am not sure how I would react if confronted with this … Continue reading Do You Know How to Have Patience? →

How Does God Guide Us?  Good Morning Friends,  Students will be out for summer vacation soon and it got me to thinking about my favorite summer activity of hiking in the wilderness with my family. In addition to using a map we always have an eye out for the brown signs on the road to alert us … Continue reading How Does God Guide Us? →

What is Your Perspective?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday the youth presented a Mother's Day Musical at the Moorings. It is a Moorings tradition. The musical was based on the story of Jesus as a youth in the Temple during the Passover Celebration. The worship presentation, as Jesus did in the storyline, amazed the crowds. Here … Continue reading What is Your Perspective? →

Where Does One Begin? 13Good Morning Friends, Late last night we got back from Disney World's Animal Kingdom where I spent a day with my family and the experience was interesting for we took in the experience with about 30,000 other people from around the world. It was an international bird migration day of sorts … Continue reading Where Does One Begin? →