Do You Know How to Leave a Spiritual Legacy?  Good Morning Friends,  Most people when that think of a legacy they think of a major gift. And I guess that such a definition is essentially correct, but scripture implies something more. Building a spiritual legacy requires us to live out our faith with transparency and … Continue reading Do You Know How to Leave a Spiritual Legacy? →

Are You Ready for the Abundant Riches of God?  Good Morning Friends,  It is not a competition but a personal awakening of love that brings joy and casts out fear. In discovering this treasure of the Kingdom... that God provides all that we need...we discover the greatest truth in all the Bible. Are You Ready for the … Continue reading Are You Ready for the Abundant Riches of God? →

Revenge and Gold Belongs to Whom?  Good Morning Friends,  It is hard to trust God when it comes to justice and money. We do so like to have a sense of control. Patience is the last thing on our minds. We want payback now. But our default responses of getting even emotionally or financially is … Continue reading Revenge and Gold Belongs to Whom? →

Are You Working For God?    Good Morning Friends,    If you have an ongoing honest conversation with others about what is working and what is not working and what is missing and what is confusing you might discover the importance of God in the process. You see, whatever work you do and where ever … Continue reading Are You Working For God? →

What Is Wrong With The World?  Good Morning Friends,  What do you want? If you are like most people you want the power to achieve and win. You want love and belonging. You want a sense of autonomy and pleasure and, of course, you want to survive. But what are you doing to get what … Continue reading What Is Wrong With The World? →

When Will There Be Peace?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday the Pope met with others to pray for peace in the town of Assisi. It was an international summit of interfaith leaders. The first such gathering in Assisi to pray for world peace was convened by Pope St. John Paul II in 1986. It reminded me … Continue reading When Will There Be Peace? →

How Are You Moved To Respond to the Poor?  Good Morning Friends,  The most enduring of prejudices is undoubtedly against the poor. And this is rather strange because God loves the poor. There are four categories into which the poor fall in the Bible. For some poverty is chosen for righteousness' sake. Perhaps you are … Continue reading How Are You Moved To Respond to the Poor? →

Are We Too Broken To Be Saved?  Good Morning Friends,  When the bag containing the gift of pottery slipped from my friend's hands onto the tile floor, the note that sounded indicated that the bowl had been broken. He felt bad and was forgiven. But as I think about that event I also think about how … Continue reading Are We Too Broken To Be Saved? →

Do You Know What Really Matters?  Good Morning Friends,  In a society that overvalues progress and personal achievement even our spiritual lives could become performance oriented. We are organized in institutional models of ideology that guide us on how we are to perceive God at work in our lives and culture. But there is an … Continue reading Do You Know What Really Matters? →

Why Are You Praying?  Good Morning Friends,  I would guess on this and I may actually be wrong but I am pretty sure that God does not need our prayers to know what we really need but perhaps we need to pray to discover what we really need. I am told that the number one … Continue reading Why Are You Praying? →