Do You Understand The Real Need For Grace In Any Good Work?  Good Morning Friends,  At some point we figure out that events are not as random as we might believe. It is then, only as the events in our lives connect, do we discover the real pattern, the real purpose. Hopefully the light comes on so our time … Continue reading Do You Understand The Real Need For Grace In Any Good Work? →

Do You Know How To Live For Christ?  Good Morning Friends,  Living for Christ and being a person of faith is not necessarily the same thing at all. Being a person of faith is good but being a person who lives for Christ is very good. It is a matter of focus and intensity. Being … Continue reading Do You Know How To Live For Christ? →

Do You Know How To Overcome The Suffering Of Life With A Godly Purpose?  Good Morning Friends,  The pain of life is inevitable regardless of whether one is engaged in a purpose that glorifies God. The suffering however may be optional. We do not have to suffer the cuts and scrapes from criticism and rejection. … Continue reading Do You Know How To Overcome The Suffering Of Life With A Godly Purpose? →

Are You Seated At The Accountable, Stable, Table of Christ?  Good Morning Friends,  Being part of dominate sociological structures does mean that there is not more to experience in who we are as Christians. Jesus took the symbol of the table and expanded the inclusion of the women and outcastes as a way of moving … Continue reading Are You Seated At The Accountable, Stable, Table of Christ? →

Can We Flourish In The Tension Between Authority and Vulnerability?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we consider the manner and method of the love made manifest in the lives of the vulnerable. Today we consider the truth, even though it is hard to comprehend, what exists at the intersection of grace and the cross, at the … Continue reading Can We Flourish In The Tension Between Authority and Vulnerability? →

What's in a Name?  Good Morning Friends,    Luke says that our names are written down in heaven. Believers are given names or titles like Christian, Disciple, Child of God or Saint after they choose to obey. As Christians we have taken on the name of Christ. With that name comes a responsibility. In Proverbs, that gem for daily living, … Continue reading What’s in a Name? →

Is Being A Christian A Reasonable Thing To Do In The World Today?  Good Morning Friends,  The Redemption of the Image of the cross into a symbol of love is a bit strange. It answers lots of questions about God's power but raises others. Many have called the whole thing into question. That a tool … Continue reading Is Being A Christian A Reasonable Thing To Do In The World Today? →

How Do We Truly Flourish?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday we were discussing the two by two relationships between order and abundance in nature and culture and the two by two relationship between authority and vulnerability in the act of creating. The setting was an Andy Crouch lecture and musical performance. It was creative and filled … Continue reading How Do We Truly Flourish? →

How Is The Hole In Your Heart Being Filled?  Good Morning Friends,  I live in Southwest Florida and one of the ways that has been suggested for me to pray is to go to the beach to experience a sunset and the healing repetition of the waves as love washing away sin. Feels a little like meditation. … Continue reading How Is The Hole In Your Heart Being Filled? →

What's in Your Pot?  Good Morning Friends,  In today's scripture selection we see that God created us in a divine image...we see that the Sabbath was made for us so we can regularly respond to God and be filled with His Spirit to overflowing. We see that the creative act of God has a rhythm of … Continue reading What’s in Your Pot? →