Do You Find Joy in The Art of Cultivating People?  Good Morning Friends,  Out on the mission frontier one gets to meet some amazing people. Some of them function as community artists, but instead of a pallet of colors, they have a variety of gifts God has placed in them, and their friends, that are … Continue reading Do You Find Joy in The Art of Cultivating People? →

Do You Have A Moment To Stop and Listen?  Good Morning Friends,  By looking at the story of Jesus in the home of Mary and Martha we find what is really needed during the upcoming holiday season. Take a moment to reflect on what is essential. Take a moment to seek a balance between work … Continue reading Do You Have A Moment To Stop and Listen? →

Is It Time For The Emotional Walls To Come Down?    Good Morning Friends,    Pinch yourself. In life we can get disoriented, because we may perceive things to be true that are not. And that conflict can make us uncomfortable and disoriented and we can end up with a form of spiritual motion sickness. … Continue reading Is It Time For The Emotional Walls To Come Down? →

How Do We Love God With Everything We Have Got?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we ask what may be the most important question we will ever be asked to answer. It is beautifully unique to each of us and uniformly simple. Answering the question helps us to discover, if we are honest, our purpose, for … Continue reading How Do We Love God With Everything We Have Got? →

 Do You Not Understand The Way To Sustainability On A Global Scale?  Good Morning Friends,  Early on in my spiritual formation I learned to view God in the role of our Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. And also to view our role in life as to emulate these characteristics. But we have a problem for the … Continue reading Do You Not Understand The Way To Sustainability On A Global Scale? →

What Will You Add To The History of Halloween?  Good Morning Friends,  I am pretty sure that God wants us to glorify the divine in all things but also to engage our culture for we cannot as Christians live in a bubble ignoring the world. But when it comes to Halloween there is just a … Continue reading What Will You Add To The History of Halloween? →

What Are We Building?  Good Morning Friends,  Whether one is a literal or contextual interpreter of the Bible the accuracy of ancient biblical writings is an encouraging reality for believers and it is confirmed by archeologist who dig up the stones of history. But there are some things of history that are left to conjecture. … Continue reading What Are We Building? →

Do We Measure Up?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we learn about God's invitation, His timing, ways and words so that our future with God will be everlasting. Today we consider the last time we climbed a tree and went out on a limb for Jesus. Today we consider the power of humility and what is … Continue reading Do We Measure Up? →

What If God's People Really Prayed?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's topic is prayer... the prayer of the Church, the corporate prayer of believers in a place. Today prayer is in the pop culture and often misunderstood as to its purpose. Some say it can do everything and others say it can do nothing. My experience is that … Continue reading What If God’s People Really Prayed? →

What is God's Purpose for People?  Good Morning Friends,  I was reading John Stott's very last sermon and it seemed to me that some of the thoughts might be important to share. He used the scripture included in this devotional. And gave an answer that was beyond the standard book answers to which we have … Continue reading What is God’s Purpose for People? →