Would We Move Right Along or Would We Look for Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  Misplacing things as we get older is a problem. Keys, glasses, identity items are lost every day by people. It can happen in our spiritual journey too if we suppose we must find God is some far off experience. Kermit the Frog … Continue reading Would We Move Right Along or Would We Look for Jesus? →

What Will You Do After Christmas?  Good Morning Friends,  Today is St. Stephen's Day... commonly known as Boxing Day. It is a day mentioned in the familiar Christmas carol, Good King Wenceslas and marks the first day in the Twelve Days of Christmas that ends on the Feast of the Epiphany. Its origins are found … Continue reading What Will You Do After Christmas? →

Are You Ready for Christmas Day?  Good Morning Friends,  The preparation is over. For the last weeks we have been preparing for Christmas like we prepare for a hurricane. We spent time fixing up the outside of our house. We dragged out boxes from the attic. We did last minute shopping in crowded stores. We watched special … Continue reading Are You Ready for Christmas Day? →

Will You Find Jesus This Christmas?  Good Morning Friends,  Christmas Eve holds many memories for me: Being with family admiring Christmas decorations... putting out hundreds of luminaries... attending candlelight services and helping to make great music...doing dramatic readings...attending midnight masses and hearing the reading of Luke 2. But I also have had the experience of praying for … Continue reading Will You Find Jesus This Christmas? →

Do You Desire God to Complete what is Unfinished?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's devotional is about God's desire to complete in us a work which He has started. The beauty is that what God fixes is better than the original. The ongoing work is, of course, God bringing us love in and through relationships for a … Continue reading Do You Desire God to Complete what is Unfinished? →

Are You Ready to Come Out of Darkness?  Good Morning Friends,  My ministry…my life…my suffering has had a central theme of striving to bring dignity to nameless people lost in the statistics. These are the poor, the least, the lost, the last, the anonymous, often despised groups of people marginalized as in-significant before society but … Continue reading Are You Ready to Come Out of Darkness? →

Who Will Be The Next Refugee?  Good Morning Friends,  One emotionally charged word this year has captured the attention of people more than any other. It is being used to describe a sea change in world events. It is the word "refugee." The displacement of people prompted by climate, economic and social change seems to … Continue reading Who Will Be The Next Refugee? →

Will Jesus Know You From Your Fruit?  Good Morning Friends,  Imitating the faith of others is instructional but not sufficient to     produce fruit. One must cultivate one's own relationship with Jesus to mature spiritually in the power of the Holy Spirit. Knowing about Jesus and his birth is just part of the journey. The fullness … Continue reading Will Jesus Know You From Your Fruit? →

 Where Is My Faith?  Good Morning Friends,  Everyone believes in something...we all rely on something to secure and satisfy us. But honestly it should not be in power, in friends, or in money but in service to the Lord that we are to discover our faith. The legacy that God promised to leave us is of a … Continue reading Where Is My Faith? →

Do You Hear What I Hear?    Good Morning Friends,  Today perhaps more people will be contemplating an awakening force at movie theatres than a common Biblical story line involving today's scripture. But if you lean into God perhaps your soul will leap in the hope that we all might find relevance in the scripture … Continue reading Do You Hear What I Hear? →