Good Morning Friends,     Entering a debate on the revolution or reformation issue and comparing Jesus and Martin Luther will probably get me in to trouble, but the gist of what I want you to think about in this regard is how best we can love God and love others as ourselves when the … Continue reading Can We Be Changed And Justified As A Demonstration Of The Work Love Prompts? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Now some may say that repudiation of the law as a means of salvation would lead to a lot of people living badly but Paul as well as Jesus offer a new kind of freedom that much like the Sermon on the Mount turns everything inside out. It is not so much … Continue reading Are We Living By The Fruit Of The Spirit Of Christ In Us? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Today's devotional topic is a tough one during our Hurricane Ian recovery and clean up added to the tensions of our post pandemic and pre-election season and all the storms in our personal lives. But it will hopefully address the issue of resentment prevalent in the cultures of our time … Continue reading Spiritual Speaking, Do We Have the Faith And Love To Get Clean What Needs To Be Washed? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary selection is designed to help us to reconcile the promises of God with the Kingdom of the God in the places and people and the tension of the church and society realizing that all this that is happening in our history now, from hurricanes to politics is to … Continue reading If We Are We Seeking A Sign From God, Is It One Of The Peace, Resurrection And Love Of Jesus? →

   Good Morning Friends,    The Bible has several examples of mental illness and treatments too. We have a king eating grass and being humbled in the process so that he might be used by God after a time in the book of Daniel. The therapy being time. We have the stories of king Saul … Continue reading How Does Believing In God’s Faithfulness Make Us Well? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary selections are from Galatians and Luke. The idea is about salvation coming to us by faith through grace. But there is something perplexingly about this gift. Though we believe that Jesus has defeated death we still seem to be hardwired to keep struggling. Still, I hope that though … Continue reading If The Victory Has Already Been Won, Why Are We Still Fighting? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today as we continue our Hurricane Ian recovery, we continue a devotional theme on the topic of prayer and discerning the will of God in the power of the Holy Spirit as to how we are to think post trauma. Amazing though this may sound, God really loves to spend … Continue reading Are We Serving God In Our Audacious Prayers Or Have We Been Bewitched? →

    Good Morning Friends,  Someday I think I would like to do a study of the external storms of the Bible and how people survived them. It could even be a book with chapters on Noah and the Flood, the Passover, the Parting of the Red Sea, Jonah And His Storm At Sea, Jesus Asleep … Continue reading Will We Pray As We Would Dance To The Rhythm Of Grace Through Life’s Storms? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian we have accomplished a lot of work but much more to be done. Scripture guides us in our lament of what has been lost, our hope for what might be again and our thanksgiving for what we still have. More specifically for our … Continue reading Are We Listening To Our Hearts To Discern Whether Our Response Is Motivated By Duty Or Devotion? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Well, the power came back on yesterday evening and a few hours later the cable so we are going to test getting back to our normal routines after hurricane Ian. The damage is devastating to many and with a housing crisis already in place and the loss of homes and workplaces … Continue reading Are You Doing What You Ought To Have Done? →