A Light that Keeps on Shinning. Good Morning Friends, Well, we packed up the Christmas ornaments and they are ready to go back up to the attic and the Christmas trees are down as well. All the lights have been stored away and as I sort out the experience I am looking for the connection … Continue reading A Light the Keeps on Shinning →

Perfect Tense In reference to yesterday's devotional on communication, a friend of mine, MK, thought he would share an insight into Biblical Greek. He points out that the Greek, a language few speak, "has a unique tense that refers to a once and for all time completed action.  Therefore while the action is in the past, … Continue reading Perfect Tense →

Very Like a Whale Good Morning Friends, Often times our reality is limited to the words we can use to describe it... one really has to experience it. Still words can help in ordering our thoughts anew around what we experience. Over the holiday break I went camping in the Everglades with my wife Amy. … Continue reading Very Like a Whale →

The Ordinary Is Really Extraordinary! Good Morning Friends, I give calendars as Christmas gifts to my family to help them to look ahead to the next year. It is scriptural. Just check out Psalm 90. It helps us to gain perspective. On the countdown to Christmas we had Advent calendars. Christmas is a special time, … Continue reading The Ordinary Is Really Extraordinary! →

The Twelve Bars of Christmas Good Morning Friends, Somebody with too much time on their hands calculated that James Bond would have died at age 56 from liver disease. The message is coming out now as a warning for those who would overindulge this season. It is after all the time of the year when … Continue reading The Twelve Bars of Christmas →

   It's Christmas! Good Morning Friends, Listen for the sounds of angels that announce the birth of Christ. Listen for the sound of truth beyond the surface things. Listen for the sounds, savor the taste and smell of God's love. Look out into the world for the images of Christ and desire to know more. Look through … Continue reading It’s Christmas! →

Are You Waiting for Jesus? Good Morning Friends, In the Gospel of Luke, we come across two characters who make their appearance in the final acts of the Christmas drama. One is a man named Simeon; the other is a woman named Anna. They don't appear in any nativity scenes or in many Christmas cards, … Continue reading Are You Waiting for Jesus? →

Children of God. Good Morning Friends, Perhaps you have struggled with the thought that you could not possible be a child of God when you keep on failing in your fight against sin. Well today's devotional and scripture may be just what you need to experience victory. Paul explains the basis for the Christian Faith. … Continue reading Children of God →

Demons and Prisons Good Morning Friends, Today's sermon at Moorings is going to be about Hope. Hope is after all one of feelings we associate with Christmas. But this season I am connecting the hope of our time in perhaps a different way than you might expect. A few weeks ago I wrote about Nelson … Continue reading Demons and Prisons →

King Josiah's Christmas Tree Good Morning Friends, When one looks at the genealogy of King Josiah his father and grandfather were pretty evil dudes. But back a few more generations and guess what? This young boy was related to King David....and that means he was related to Jesus. Maybe you can see some to the … Continue reading King Josiah’s Christmas Tree →