Are You A Fan Or A Follower When It Comes To Opportunity?  Good Morning Friends,  There are many factors involved in making difficult choices. The prospect of starting out on a new endeavor with new behaviors is just part of the challenge. We also must have the tenacity to make our creative ideas and resolutions … Continue reading Are You A Fan Or A Follower When It Comes To Opportunity? →

What Kind Of Chaos Is God Ordering In Your Life?  Good Morning Friends,  I think the most powerful message for unity in the building and cultivating community, that our world needs to hear is not "Look at me and the power I have!" From that stems, the evil we have seen in the last couple … Continue reading What Kind Of Chaos Is God Ordering In Your Life? →

Are You Looking To The Future In The Right Way?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's lectionary selection is about the hope of our children and the child in each of us. And the back drop for it is a prophecy of Zechariah and a promise of God, which was written after the Babylonian exile, when the … Continue reading Are You Looking To The Future In The Right Way? →

How Do You Answer Hostile Questions?  Good Morning Friends,  Some political leaders in the face of crisis create more controversy. Jesus approached crisis in a similar way but more elegantly than most politicians. In the incident set forth in today's scripture Jesus is confronted with a challenge. Jesus had cleansed the Temple and the Sanhedrin … Continue reading How Do You Answer Hostile Questions? →

Does God Dwell In You?  Good Morning Friends,  The goal of becoming more like Jesus each day is a worthy goal and goes beyond the cliché of doing what Jesus would do. It is probably not a new concept to you, but I did not until yesterday connect the personal rebuilding of our character to … Continue reading Does God Dwell In You? →

Who Was Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  The prophetic words of Haggai seem relevant today is ways that may have even surprised Haggai. During the time of Haggai, it was a time to build up the place of worship. Leaders agreed on this point. The Temple had been neglected and people had taken wood from the … Continue reading Who Was Jesus? →

Are You Ready To Rebuild After The Storm?  Good Morning Friends,  Long before Jesus stood on the hillside outside Jerusalem to commission the disciples, he commissioned them in Galilee for a ministry with a message, a method and a means to fulfill it. They did not feel prepared to carry it out but they went … Continue reading Are You Ready To Rebuild After The Storm? →

Are You Enjoying The Gifts of God After The Storm?  Good Afternoon Friends,  Well it was sixteen days ago, on a Sunday, and our family had just finished watching the Star Wars movie, Rogue One on DVD and Hurricane Irma had dropped some limbs but nothing too severe yet. As the final credits came up … Continue reading Are You Enjoying The Gifts of God After The Storm? →

What Impact Will You Make If You Are In Agreement With Others?  Good Evening Friends,  Like the Saturday and Sunday paper we had delivered this morning I am giving you a double helping of devotionals as this will likely be my last post for a while. We are expecting hurricane winds and surge and rain. … Continue reading What Impact Will You Make If You Are In Agreement With Others? →

How Can A Perfectly Holy And Just God Accept Sinners?  Good Morning Friends,  The approach of Hurricane Irma's first feeder bands over our home this morning reminds me that we need forgiveness, for time is running out and we are still sinners even though we persist in preparation of sanctification the best we can. Regardless … Continue reading How Can A Perfectly Holy And Just God Accept Sinners? →