The Way and the Power Good Morning Friends, As a small boy I loved throwing flat stones into water at Lake Isaak Walton in Southern Illinois to make splashes or to see how many times I could make them skip. In Florida on the Gulf Beaches I did the same with flat shells weathered by … Continue reading The Way and the Power →

"I Just Don't Believe It!" Good Morning Friends, The sermon on Sunday inspired some and disturbed others. One was left with the feeling that someone was lying to us. Well that has happened before. The topic was Creationism vs. Evolution. The debate is typically not the pulpit topic on a Sunday in the PCUSA churches. … Continue reading “I Just Don’t Believe It!” →

To Compare is to Despair Good Morning Friends, Over the weekend we watched some of the football playoffs and the competition to select the United States Winter Olympics athletes in the upcoming games. Something that struck me is the growing interest in personal bests, focusing the individual's competition internally instead of a battle with the … Continue reading To Compare is to Despair →

Learn to Confront Evil Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we were studying Genesis 1 and the creation story against the first chapter of John. One of the challenging questions before us was the problem of evil and whether God created it, and if He did why. Frankly I am a little reluctant to jump into this … Continue reading Learn to Confront Evil →

The Opposium Totalis Good Morning Friends, Often the Christian faith is viewed as being compliant and fitting into the mold of religion. The problem is that this approach really only satisfies an external holiness not an inward one. So today we explore going against the grain. Today we speak up noting that all too often … Continue reading The Opposium Totalis →

Ashamed? Good Morning Friends, The Lyndon Johnson War on poverty is 50 years old. We lost because we did not really know what we were doing. The world of poverty is so alone. We attempted to fix it in isolation...perhaps fearing that if we got too close we would take self-affirming joy in others suffering. … Continue reading Ashamed? →

The Bard, the Bible and the Bed Good Morning Friends, Did you know that Shakespeare's plays are full of Bible references? Some are obvious, but many require very careful reading and a thorough familiarity with the Bible to catch. Some interpret them to mean that Shakespeare was a closet Catholic, others to the possibility he … Continue reading The Bard, the Bible and the Bed →

Cold! Good Morning Friends, Last night I read a little Shakespeare during the National BCS football game to warm the Spirit. And now this morning the shelters have filled and the blanket brigades are out for it is Cold! Scripture:  From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. Job 37:9 (NRSV) Now … Continue reading Cold! →

I'm Possible Good Morning Friend, One of our volunteer ministers at Moorings greeted people with "Happy Easter" instead of "Happy New Year." Ok he is older than Methuselah but I am not so sure it is a mistake to look at new beginnings on the first Sunday of the year. So in honor of revival … Continue reading I’m Possible →

Surprised by the Grace of God. Good Morning Friends, God's is much like the Sun, so perfectly place like His Son in relationship to this world… bringing not only light, but the warmth of love on a cold winter morning… And here as I write awaiting the sunrise in knowledge that there is both a … Continue reading Surprised by the Grace of God →