What Do You Think Really Matters In Mission?  Good Morning Friends,  The more I work in mission the more I realize that it is not my job to discover the community's needs, but to discover the talents of its people and help put them under new management that creatively converges faith and works to God's … Continue reading What Do You Think Really Matters In Mission? →

Who Can You Trust?  Good Morning Friends,  A Christian who has come to know Christ through the living Word will want to know more of the written Word, the Bible. But as they examine the Bible there may sometimes come over them a feeling of confusion and discouragement. The Bible is composed of many books … Continue reading Who Can You Trust? →

If you Are Given a Second Chance Will You Bear Homegrown Fruit?  Good Morning Friends,  I do not talk to plants. Really I don't. But growing up in Florida I have always been around plants and there was this one citrus tree in our back yard that had wonderful foliage but never produced. One day I … Continue reading If you Are Given a Second Chance Will You Bear Homegrown Fruit? →

 Are You Glorifying God When You Worship?  Good Morning Friends,  Have you become so accustomed to "church" that your heart is not in it? Today's scripture and devotional calls us to be more than an audience to an inspiring word... more than a spectator to a choral presentation in four parts. We are called to prepare ourselves, to engage body, mind and spirit...to look inward, … Continue reading Are You Glorifying God When You Worship? →

Do You Experience the Gentle Voice of Rest and Feel the Easy Yoke of Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's devotional and scripture echoes back to Deuteronomy 25:4... "Thou shall not muzzle the ox." The message here, for us who work, is that if we live in trust and obedience we can be successful in the eyes … Continue reading Do You Experience the Gentle Voice of Rest and Feel the Easy Yoke of Jesus? →

 Who Do You Call the One Who Comes In the Name of the Lord?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's devotional is about hope in the face of adversity and fear. Not a worldly hope of satisfied desires and wants and wishes fulfilled but a biblical understanding that is very different. It teaches us that hope is … Continue reading Who Do You Call the One Who Comes In the Name of the Lord? →

Are You A Good Follower?  Good Morning Friends,  There is a lot written on leadership but if what Jesus says is true we should really have more books on being good followers...good servants. As I contemplate the role of being a follower I am reminded that the people who followed Moses and the people who … Continue reading Are You A Good Follower? →

How Are We To Think?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday at lunch we were discussing linear and nonlinear thought. And I began to wonder how we can communicate at all given that we think in such different ways. The opening lines of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43 was used as an example of the convergence of … Continue reading How Are We To Think? →

Is Christ Prominent in Your Life, or Is He Preeminent?    Good Morning Friends,  Much of the false teaching taking place in Colosse had to do with the minimizing of Jesus. Many people thought He was important but not essential. They had given Him a place in their lives, without recognizing that He demands first … Continue reading Is Christ Prominent in Your Life, or Is He Preeminent? →

Do You Have A Humble Passion for Praying God's Beautiful Word?    Good Morning Friends,    I have been touched by the Psalms of David and moved to study them in depth. David is credited with writing 75 of the 150 Psalms. Today's Psalm from the lectionary helps us to understand that God can do … Continue reading Do You Have A Humble Passion for Praying God’s Beautiful Word? →