What Do You See in the Stars?  Good Morning Friends,  Growing up as a child I looked out on the night sky to see constellations, like Orion and the Big Dipper and one of my favorites the Seven Sisters also known as the Pleiades. They look essentially the same way today as when I was … Continue reading What Do You See in the Stars? →

Is Jesus Relevant Today?    Good Morning Friends,    Today we continue seeking an understanding of Christ in our world with a focus on what is applicable now in our lives. Today we ask what is pertinent and what is not...what will improve our existence and what will not. So we honestly ask what is … Continue reading Is Jesus Relevant Today? →

How Are We to Experience Christ and Culture?  Good Morning Friends,  Whether you believe and experience that Christ is against culture, or of culture, or above culture, or in culture or as some paradox that oscillates as Spirit and Body, as transcendent and empirical, as of God and in society, as essence and existence always … Continue reading How Are We to Experience Christ and Culture? →

Do We Have Regard for Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  Time and again, God was faithful to keep His promises to His people. He multiplied Abraham's descendants into a great nation; He planted the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and He established David's kingly line. But God had also promised Israel that if they disobeyed, … Continue reading Do We Have Regard for Jesus? →

Do You Know The Smell of Success?  Good Morning Friends,  My mother-in-law brags about me because I bring her daughter, my wife, breakfast in bed every day I am at home. But it is no burden for I love to cook. I make my wife lunch to take off to school and cook dinner as … Continue reading Do You Know The Smell of Success? →

Are You Influenced By Your Father?  Good Morning Friends,  Do you have memories of your father taking you by the hand and sharing experiences? I do, but not everyone does. Through my earthly father I learned about allegiance, and service...about motives and the difference between needs and wants. I learned to recognize what was really important and stopped disguising what I … Continue reading Are You Influenced By Your Father? →

Are You a Believer or a Bluff... a Player or a Spectator... a Follower or a Fan?  Good Morning Friends,  Relationships are not always easy to define. We have acquaintances and friends and family and coworkers and business relationships and teams and choirs and churches and study groups and mission partners. Sometimes we have contracts … Continue reading Are You a Believer or a Bluff… a Player or a Spectator… a Follower or a Fan? →

Are There Really Curse Words In The Bible?  Good Morning Friends,  Ok yesterday a friend was sharing about a book she was reading that had some course language but a really compelling spiritual message. I blurted out that I should write a devotional on the subject regarding the foul language in the Holy Bible. So … Continue reading Are There Really Curse Words In The Bible? →

What Is In Our Names?  Good Morning Friends,    Luke says that our names are written down in heaven. Jesus says that he will call us by name. 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 … Continue reading What Is In Our Names? →

What Time Is It?  Good Morning Friends,  So much of the Olympics reminds us that the clock is ticking but today's scripture, in poetry, reminds us of another measurement than seconds, minutes, hours, and days. It tells us that there is a season for everything. A season for Birth...Life; Death and Resurrection. So if you … Continue reading What Time Is It? →