Can You Imagine The Lord Dreaming Beyond Time And Space Healing Us With Mind and Heart?  Good Morning Friends,    Sometimes in our lives we face events that change everything. With this reality staring us in the face today we try to get our head around this idea of a new heaven and a new … Continue reading Can You Imagine The Lord Dreaming Beyond Time And Space Healing Us With Mind and Heart? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at a little prophetic poetry from the experience of Hosea and a passage of Jesus instructing on the law of love and they combine I think, as we live our lives, to prompt the incredulous question of God: Do You Want My Heart, Mind, Soul…Everything I Have Got?  Scripture: Take words … Continue reading Do You Want My Heart, Mind, Soul…Everything I Have Got? →

 Good Morning Friends,    There is a danger in misreading scripture out of context and a danger in thinking the inspired words do not have a message for us today. There are many ways to read scripture and if one is not working with God in the understanding of the message, the Devil is sure … Continue reading Are We Really Seeking The Kingdom Of God To Reform Us And Transform Us Though Worship? →

 Good Morning Friends,    I do hope you spend some time each day counting your blessings given to you by God's grace. For sure we are to be obedient and do good works but deals with the Devil abound. Thankfully, God has made us an offer that is not based on what we can do … Continue reading Are We Trying To Earn Salvation Without Thanks For The Hindsight, Insight and Foresight Of Jesus? →

 Good Morning Friends,  I do not know about you, but I want my faith to be a faith of actions, not just words, thoughts, and feelings alone. The problem comes when I am tested by fire in my need to forgive myself and others when our faith does not have much in the way of … Continue reading Have You Learned The Freedom Of Forgiving? →

 Good Morning Friends,     The expectations, the anticipation, the anxiety, and the strange emotions are hard to escape regarding the coronavirus we all have been experiencing over the last year. In some ways it has been like waiting for a hurricane to hit and recover from it, but the time frame is stretched from five … Continue reading Have You Been Praying To God During This Time Of Trouble To Overcome Our Bias And Malaise? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Today's text selections though lengthy, if you are willing to spend some time in reading and considering their meaning, could give you some important insights into how we are to worship God. We give worship a lot of lip service, but too often our words are empty. Thankfully, Jesus spoke some of … Continue reading Is Our Worship Nurturing Us In Spirit And In Truth? →

    Good Morning Friends,    Today we explore the lectionary readings for a little wisdom from the stories of Joseph being sold into slavery and the parable of the wicked vineyard tenants. They tell the stories of life not always seeming fair and the reality of people living in pain and what happens when we … Continue reading How Do We Produce Fruit When We Have Been Suffering? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today's text poses some heavy theological questions that Calvin undoubtedly used to support his view of the human condition. But as I think about the scripture and what I think I know of theology; I must wonder through the tears as I peal back the layers of the onion.  Do … Continue reading Do I Even Have An Option About Being Totally Depraved? →

   Good Morning Friends,  James and John were naturally talented and dedicated to the Lord but more boisterous than the reading of the books in the Bible with their names would indicate. In fact, they were called the sons of thunder. Their mother, like every mother wanted the best for her children, and I think … Continue reading Will We Walk In The Prophetic Path Of Jesus? →