Jesus Rejoices in the Hope of a Peaceful Kingdom Good Morning Friends, Today we look at a great mystery of why Jesus came as a child. Today we explore the incarnational reality in which we are to share. Today even though many face oppression we have reason to sing because even Jesus Rejoices in the … Continue reading →

The Hope of Christmas Good Morning Friends, Perhaps you have seen the movie, It's a Wonderful Life. In it is a scene about a hopeless George Bailey about to take his life. What should have been an incredibly joyous time of the year was compounded by the poor circumstances of his life. His life was … Continue reading The Hope of Christmas →

The Hope in the Holy Spirit Good Morning Friends, Words rarely do justice to the topic of the Holy Spirit. Describing our relationship with God the Father, the Body of the church, Jesus and the Spirit that binds us together is difficult at best. For the frozen chosen I think the common experience of the Holy Spirit is … Continue reading The Hope in the Holy Spirit →

Coming on a Cloud of Hope Good Morning Friends, Prophets have predicted rain witnessing a small cloud on the horizon. Watch. A child will be born and his name will be Emmanuel. Watch. Jesus will come again with authority and glory. Watch. There will be messengers. He is Coming on a Cloud of Hope. Scripture: … Continue reading Coming on a Cloud of Hope →

The Gospel of Joy in the Hope of Advent This is the time of year we are to rejoice in the Holy Spirit as a means of evangelizing the world. We are to prepare for the celebration of the birth of the Christ child. Sure the story may lean toward reindeer and snowmen and Santa … Continue reading The Gospel of Joy in the Hope of Advent →

The Hope of Unity Good Morning Friends, Working together for a common cause is difficult. There are economies of exclusion and an idolatry of money and financial systems that rule over instead of serve. And then there is inequality which spawns violence. Oh, and egos. Sometimes people pretend there is unity when there is not. … Continue reading The Hope of Unity →

The Hope of a Thankful Heart Good Morning Friends, I am blessed to pray with some great people of prayer each week. They are all kinds of people, all of them great people, amazing people, who have learned or are learning to accept God's plan, to live through the tension and in the tension of life understanding that the meaning … Continue reading The Hope of a Thankful Heart →

Deferred Hope Good Morning Friends, The anticipations and expectations of life teach us that peace comes when we base our hope in God not circumstances. We learn that faith alone does not guarantee desired outcomes. If we look back over our life we might learn that when we placed circumstances above God we lived in … Continue reading Deferred Hope →

Acts of Faith Becoming Hope for the Living Good Morning Friends, "Show me your faith without works and I will show you my faith by my works." This passage from James is demonstrated in today's scripture story from Mark 2. In this story of the paraplegic and his friends, Jesus makes it clear that not … Continue reading Acts of Faith Becoming Hope for the Living →

Hope for a Holy Nation Good Morning Friends, Yesterday's scripture at church was focused on the judgment portrayed by the shepherd separating the sheep and the goats, the righteous from the self-righteous, and the good from the bad. Jesus was about to face crucifixion and death when he shared the description of what is to … Continue reading Hope for a Holy Nation →