Good Morning Friends,  God has made us an offer that is not based on what we can do but upon what Jesus did. By forgiving our sins God gives us a new heart and His Spirit that enables us to draw near in an intimate fellowship. The image is of a wedding. But we … Continue reading How Do We Get Off Thinking That Life Is Sometimes Not Fair? →

   Good Morning Friends,     There are many doors in our lives. Some are keystone events. Some bring back memories of friends and family. But regardless of their importance we tend to take, at least most of them for granted. Some give us admittance, others obstruction and still others protection. How we view these doors … Continue reading What Door Would We Like To Have Opened In The Presence Of The King In Prayer? →

 Good Morning Friends,  In today's Gospel text Jesus compares his own proclamation of the Kingdom of God with the story of stubborn Jonah proclaiming God's judgment at Nineveh and contrasting the response of Israel to his own preaching with that of the Gentiles to Jonah. And then there is the metaphor of the three days … Continue reading If We Are We Seeking A Sign From God, Is It One Of The Love Of Jesus On The Cross? →

   Good Morning Friends,    God gives us a gracious invitation to drink deep of the joy of life that is right here and right now. And having just yesterday contemplated the Second Coming, heaven and hell and God's sovereignty, and having realized that I really desire a more loving God than I portrayed, we … Continue reading How Does God’s Grace And Judgement, Love And Justice Mix In the Divine Mind? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Do You think a lot about heaven? Most people think they are going there but hardly ever think about what heaven is and how we get there. But if we are going to heaven, and I hope we all are, it seems proper for us to prepare. Now we may not have … Continue reading Are We Applying The Recommendation To Begin With The End In Mind When It Comes To Heaven? →

    Good Morning Friends,     People fast for all sorts of reasons and especially during Lent's journey of life's passage from winter to spring…from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday…from the season of death and penance to one of rebirth and celebration. The Bible presents several characters that fasted from food including Moses the lawgiver, King … Continue reading Why Fast During Lent And Does It Have To Be About Food? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Ok, it is a forty-six-day journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. The forty days of Lent does not count Sundays. But I think we should if we are going to practice being married to God for the distance and get anything out of it. So, let's be all in … Continue reading Will We Repent This Lent Submitting To God’s Holy And Redemptive Love So We Might Glorify Jesus? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Ashes were used in Old Testament times to symbolize mourning, mortality, and penance.  People like Job in the Old Testament wore sackcloth and ashes to proclaim their desire to repent.  But ashes are not just an outward sign.  Ashes are to symbolize what is going on in the inside.   The prophet Joel tells us … Continue reading Will Our Hearts Find Beauty In The Ashes Of Repentance This Lent? →

    Good Morning Friends,     On balance I would suggest that influence is a force born out of our thoughts and feelings and sometimes a tangible palpable force that can be applied either positively or negatively, all based on relationships and at least in part on our response to them. So, this is about how … Continue reading Is The Holy Spirit Influencing You To Convert Others? →

   Good Morning Friends,    We have a challenge as Christians, and it is in responding to scripture's call for us to be perfect. And the thing is that most of us get the concept wrong from the beginning. Some think it is about not upsetting the apple cart until we realize that Jesus, the … Continue reading Are Our Hearts Hopeful, Happy And Holy? →