How Do We Love Those Who Do Not Love Us Back?  Good Morning Friends,  A survey release at the beginning of 2016 indicates that the majority of Americans are angrier today than they were a year ago. Some think it is linked to a decline in the belief in the American Dream. Whites were the … Continue reading How Do We Love Those Who Do Not Love Us Back? →

Did You Have An Unexpected Conversion?  Good Morning Friends,  Jesus the infant escaped death in a manger and though we might like to keep him there it is not to be for Jesus came for the surprising purpose of redemption. We see the story laid out in today's scripture. The Centurion who oversaw the crucifixion … Continue reading Did You Have An Unexpected Conversion? →

Can We Forgive Ourselves?  Good Morning Friends,  It is not as easy as it looks when you are trying to forgive yourself for something that you have done wrong. I have been watching the T.V. program, Alaska the Last Frontier that relates to this problem. This family lives a subsistence lifestyle that is filled with … Continue reading Can We Forgive Ourselves? →

Do you Know the Way Home?  Good Morning Friends,  Amazing how God intervenes through the Holy Spirit and uses us to help others on their way.  Today's scripture helps us learn this lesson about helping others on the way...this process of giving and following directions... of offering grace upon grace.  The scripture today parallels this message laying out a … Continue reading Do you Know the Way Home? →

Do You Know What It Means To Be Balanced?  Good Morning Friends,  Within certain parameters, there are definitive aspects of balance as it pertains to our lives. This is especially true from lessons we can learn from God's Word. However, there are additional aspects that we should examine about the "total" concept of balance. The Webster's … Continue reading Do You Know What It Means To Be Balanced? →

Are You Ready to Prosper?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's Scripture prods us to look forward in an expectant and joyful anticipation of what God would do next in us and specifically to look forward eagerly in our belief that Jesus has a plan to grow us in the love of God.  Are You Ready to Prosper?    Scripture: … Continue reading Are You Ready to Prosper? →

 What is Your New Year's Resolution?    Good Morning Friends,    Today as this year ends and another begins we look back and discover that we have the assurance from the God, who has brought us this far, to take us on a new adventure in 2016. We celebrate endings and beginnings on a grand scale … Continue reading What is Your New Year’s Resolution? →

Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?  Good Morning Friends,  Any study of Job will end up asking the question why bad things happen to good people but by extension there is another question to be asked that relates to the latest instalment of Star Wars and may enlighten us as to why we … Continue reading Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People? →

 Whose Opinion Matters Most?  Good Morning Friends,  Christmas is a time for giving and sharing and there are lessons for daily living to be learned in the experience. It is not about us experiencing a short lived feeling good about ourselves. For self-approval is not all that hard to come by. But approval by God … Continue reading Whose Opinion Matters Most? →

Are You Ready for Something New?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's lectionary scripture guides us to remember our preparation for the coming of Christ as part of the unfolding of creation. It is about the holiness of Christ's first coming and the newness associated with the second coming of Jesus. It is about a Heaven that … Continue reading Are You Ready for Something New? →