Do We Have A Heart For Making God's Thoughts Of Justice Our Own?    Good Morning Friends,    Yesterday I mentioned that the parables of the patched cloth and the wineskins were sandwiched in between two similar confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Today's lectionary selection has the other side of the sandwich and indeed, … Continue reading Do We Have A Heart For Making God’s Thoughts Of Justice Our Own? →

What Are We To Do For The Next Generation To Balance Self Interest With Justice?  Good Morning Friends,  During Advent, we contemplated the life of John the Baptist and his incarceration. And then after Christmas we looked at an encouraging letter from Paul, he wrote to the Thessalonians. And the reality that Paul spent a … Continue reading What Are We To Do For The Next Generation To Balance Self Interest With Justice? →

Are We Prepared For The Most Important Commitment We Will Ever Make? Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at the gift of marriage, the gift of the Spirit, and the gift of Jesus through the story of the wedding in Cana of Galilee where Jesus turn the water into very good wine. And to make … Continue reading →

But What Matters Most About Heaven?  Good Morning Friends,  In a society that overvalues progress and personal achievement even our spiritual lives could become performance oriented. We think about levels and phases and stages, but in the life of the Spirit these measurements are not important and likewise in our goal of heaven for ourselves … Continue reading But What Matters Most About Heaven? →

Will Our Love Be Obedient?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we explore the problems of not feeling, for that is a symptom of lepers and we touch on the challenge of turning away from rebellion and to listening to the Holy Spirit. And we find that both not hearing and not feeling can cause serious and … Continue reading Will Our Love Be Obedient? →

Do We Believe That God Is Still Speaking To Us When We Share The Gospel?  Good Morning Friends,    The combined mystery of Jesus being fully God and fully Man is perhaps the greatest mystery in the Bible. Conveying to others the ability of Christ to help us, to run to our cries for help, … Continue reading Do We Believe That God Is Still Speaking To Us When We Share The Gospel? →

Are We Looking Up To Jesus?    Good Morning Friends,    The Book of Hebrews is all about Jesus. From chapter one all the way through even in the puzzling parts of chapter thirteen there is ultimately a focus on Jesus. Hebrews is a study of Jesus. And one of the key messages is that … Continue reading Are We Looking Up To Jesus? →

How Does God Challenge Our Assumptions?    Good Morning Friends,    Today we follow up on the story of the baptism of Jesus and of God being with us in the workings of the Holy Spirit. And as we consider the story it becomes clear that we each have certain notions about how God is. … Continue reading How Does God Challenge Our Assumptions? →

What Prejudice Do You Have About The Holy Spirit at Jesus' Baptism?    Good Morning Friends,    We are never alone. We always have our thoughts and prejudices and sometimes they comfort us and sometimes convict us. Words rarely do justice to the topic of the Holy Spirit in this regard and like a spider in … Continue reading What Prejudice Do You Have About The Holy Spirit at Jesus’ Baptism? →

Who Will Be Saved?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we come to the end of our chapter by chapter devotionals on the two letters to the Thessalonians. We have had a look inward and a look outward as we joined with Paul in realistically evaluating the status of the faith. And here is the deal. The … Continue reading Who Will Be Saved? →