Whose Words Are We Trusting Anyway?  Good Morning Friends,  The whole idea of divided countries is in the news with the Winter Olympic Games in the mountainous country of Korea this week. We get a sense of the dynamics and tensions of this reality in our scripture from 1 Kings that applies to other parts … Continue reading Whose Words Are We Trusting Anyway? →

What Do You Have To Say?  Good Morning Friends,  Today I am heading off to a memorial service so I am not going to suggest to you the deep meaning of the lectionary passages on our lives, but I am going to ask you a question regarding words and actions that divide us. Think this … Continue reading What Do You Have To Say? →

How Are We To Respond To All The Different Cultures and Traditions and Religions?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday we had this glimpse of the golden era of Solomon and now a couple of verses later we have the decline of the dynasty and the reality that one can be a wise fool. For the King … Continue reading How Are We To Respond To All The Different Cultures and Traditions and Religions? →

Why Do We Even Try To Out Give God?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we seek to understand from the inside out about the nature of the church and the bride of Christ…about love of God and love of our neighbors. Today we look in the mirror and realize that though we think we are something … Continue reading Why Do We Even Try To Out Give God? →

Is A Jesus Relationship A Better Collective Consciousness Than Religious Rules?  Good Morning Friends,  There are rules all around us if we belong to any religious institution or community. Sometimes we agree with the rules and other times we do not. Sometimes the rules make sense to us, and at times we think they are … Continue reading Is A Jesus Relationship A Better Collective Consciousness Than Religious Rules? →

Can We Serve Everybody?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we face some scripture that is a real challenge not because of the questions it presents for us so much as because I am still thinking about the Eagles' win over the Patriots in yesterday's Super Bowl. So, I will try and focus on what Paul, Mark … Continue reading Can We Serve Everybody? →

Are You Content?  Good Morning Friends,  People have been moving from the country to the city to work hard and save their money to move back to the country for generations. The shift in populations has been going on since Adam and Eve left the garden. It seems that we desire and crave for more … Continue reading Are You Content? →

How Do We Gain The Right Wisdom?  Good Morning Friends,  You and I need as much, and perhaps more wisdom than Solomon needed in his day and age. We have very difficult choices facing each of us, and they are increasingly challenging and complex. And as we try and live our lives out in this … Continue reading How Do We Gain The Right Wisdom? →

How Would You Become Pure?  Good Morning Friends,  Achieving a state of perfection is not attainable through our own efforts as best I can tell, it is akin to the tilling of the soil to gradually improve the possibility of productive cultivation. However, today's lectionary scripture considers some other images of virtuous improvement in the … Continue reading How Would You Become Pure? →

Do You Have Any Last Words?  Good Morning Friends,  I got an email yesterday telling me that a younger friend of mine had died. I knew he was sick but I really did not expect it. Death is not new to me but there is a special sadness when it comes more unexpectedly. And then … Continue reading Do You Have Any Last Words? →