Did Jesus Really Go To Hell?  Good Morning Friends,  There's a joke that says there's no Heaven or Hell: we all go to the same place when we die, where Moses gives constant and everlasting classes on the Bible and King David sings psalms and Mary and Jesus tell stories. For the righteous this is … Continue reading Did Jesus Really Go To Hell? →

What Are We Sowing And Reaping This Labor Day?  Good Morning Friends,  In today's scripture Paul calls us to take personal responsibility to live creatively in our lives knowing that if we ignore God we will harvest only weeds. The focus of the scripture is in how we are to handle the work we have … Continue reading What Are We Sowing And Reaping This Labor Day? →

Have You Ever Found It Difficult to Apologize?  Good Morning Friends,  We are meditating on the Psalms in worship the last few weeks. There is something comforting about them because Jesus is in them. Even in times of struggle...especially in times of struggle and doubt... they help us to remember God's presence and God's steadfast … Continue reading Have You Ever Found It Difficult to Apologize? →

Have You Ever Had A God Moment?  Good Morning Friends,  There was a time I worked as a manager of two runaway shelters for teens. Suffice to say that I used my alarm to wake me up when I needed to monitor the night shift. And on occasion I set the wrong time for the … Continue reading Have You Ever Had A God Moment? →

How Are You At Weathering the Storms?  Good Morning Friends,  It has been eleven years since the last hurricane in Florida. It hit Collier County. We called the storm Wilma. Today we have Hermine. The effects here are nominal, but the Big Bend of Florida is getting slammed. Much of Tallahassee is without power and … Continue reading How Are You At Weathering the Storms? →

Where Can I Hide?  Good Morning Friends,  Growing up in Southern Illinois I had a Beagle and that dog could smell out a rabbit or quail three miles away. The dog got me to wonder about why people hide from God. For God can certainly smell us out. I wonder at and about people a … Continue reading Where Can I Hide? →

Do You Ever Feel Broken?  Good Morning Friends,  The world is full of broken things. There are broken bones, broken windows, broken hearts, broken promises and broken homes. And all that sand on the beach...broken shells. And when my car and computer do not run...they are broken and need a fix. Well yesterday was an … Continue reading Do You Ever Feel Broken? →

Why Do We Shoot the Wounded?  Good Morning Friends,  There is amble evidence to suggest that the world has less suffering today on a per capita basis than when we were hunter gatherers. Maybe it is because there are more people in jail and we tend to not count their suffering. Yet still it is … Continue reading Why Do We Shoot the Wounded? →

What Is It Like To See With The Eyes of Faith?  Good Morning Friends,  Not having spiritual sight is the norm these days. It can be a matter of belonging to a church that preaches walking by faith which is born of spiritual vision, yet living as if faith is non-existent. We claim to serve … Continue reading What Is It Like To See With The Eyes of Faith? →

To Whom Are You Listening?  Good Morning Friends,  We live in a world of competing voices. Ministers go to seminary to learn the right way (meaning all other ways are wrong) and continue the theological divide. Every day we are bombarded by various voices from radio, television, videos, DVD's, books, music, newspapers, internet, billboards, and … Continue reading To Whom Are You Listening? →