In Unity with the Cornerstone of Christ Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we had a sermon on the great commandment. The scripture came from the lectionary for the day. In reflection it does us good to think of the great commandment of loving God and its partner, loving ones neighbor when we worship God. It does … Continue reading In Unity with the Cornerstone of Christ →

Loving Good Morning Friends, Today we explore the reality of what we have and what we really want and what we really need...This morning we face the challenge of getting it right of realizing that good relationships do not just happen... of realizing that the love we think we deserve is the amount of love … Continue reading Loving →

Come to the Water Good Morning Friends, Today we roll out the Taste of Immokalee product line created by the youth in Immokalee at the Stone Crab Festival on Naples Bay. I reminds me how creation itself emulates the life of Christ as it flows in and through us as one environment transitions into another. … Continue reading Come to the Water →

A Place to Belong...A Place to Call Home Good Morning Friends, If every Christian could take a look into heaven with all its joy we might find our world expanded beyond this earthly aging form into something new...a place of blessings chosen...a place to fulfill the purpose for which we were originally made... a relationship forged in the house … Continue reading A Place to Belong…A Place to Call Home →

What is this Story About? Good Morning Friends, When there was a storm on the Sea of Galilee, the disciples wanted Jesus to stay awake, so He helped them. But when Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, the Apostles found it impossible to stay awake. Here Jesus realized that no one could do it for him. So too in our life, there comes … Continue reading What is this Story About? →

Stay Awake to Music and the Discussions Good Morning Friends, Today we look at how the early church worshipped and contemplate the songs they sang. Jews of course sang Psalm 114-118 for the feast days but after the resurrection when Christians gathered new songs developed. Today's passage from the letter to Timothy is, I am … Continue reading Stay Awake to Music and the Discussions →

Human Responsibility and God's Sovereignty in Divine Tension Good Morning Friends, Reading scripture can make one's head spin leaning toward one theological perspective then another. Now, certain Scriptures are very beautiful with the idea that the Christian life is simply a matter of leaving it all to God. But there are other scriptures that show … Continue reading Human Responsibility and God’s Sovereignty in Divine Tension →

Trusting God to Take the Bad and Use it for Good Good Morning Friends, Life implies suffering. Life implies enjoyment. The problem is that we are not predisposed to understand the goodness and badness of them on our own. Some suffering is bad and some is good. Some enjoyment is good and some is bad. … Continue reading Trusting God to Take the Bad and Use it for Good →

 Lukewarm Good Morning Friends, God reaching down and choosing us and putting heaven in our hands to pass on to others is more exciting than anything on the evening news. To not get overjoyed about this and moved by the Spirit in its reality is just crazy. Of course this revelation of light really demands … Continue reading Lukewarm →

The Church, Justice and Spiritual Maturity Good Morning Friends, As I am writing this morning a great horned owl is hooting in the dark and as I hear it I am convicted that this generation of which I am part does not feel as guilty about sin as we should. I would question if we … Continue reading The Church, Justice and Spiritual Maturity →