Good morning, Brother John, I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet. However, I believe your call for institutional change may have passed. Like Saul, our nation has failed to be the people we have been called to be. We don't listen to, or for, the Word of God. Instead of becoming … Continue reading Comment →

    Good Morning Friends,    Today is Martin Luther King Day and we celebrate his birth, not his death back in April of 1968. And even though it took twenty years after Reverend King's death for him to be recognized in this way, and the reality that much of what he had hoped for has … Continue reading Do We Have A Peaceful Heart For God’s Dreams Of Justice To Be Our Own? →

   Good Morning Friends,    In Friday's scripture, we saw some men take the roof off a home in Capernaum for a paralytic to meet Jesus and in the Old Testament reading, the clamoring of the Israelites for an earthly king. And today we follow these plotlines as Jesus takes off the roof of religion … Continue reading What Is True Religion? →

   Good Morning Friends,    In a society that overvalued progress and personal achievement, even our spiritual lives could become performance oriented. We think about levels and phases and stages, but in the life of the Spirit these measurements are not important. The challenge is about personal responsibility and our paralysis. It is about the … Continue reading What Matters How We Find A Way To Overcome The Obstacles That Keep Us From Jesus? →

   Good Morning Friends,     In the past we have contemplated what it was like to hear from God and today we further explore the problems we have when we do not hear from God as set forth in the book of Samuel. Then we explore the problems of not feeling in the life of … Continue reading How Will We Respond To God’s Guidance Motivating Us To Be Obedient To The Spirit Of Love? →

    Good Morning Friends,     There was a time in the history of the world when the Word of God was a very rare thing. One would think that the Word of God would never be out of season, however history indicates that it too has an ebb and flow. So too I think there … Continue reading Are We Listening and Believing That God Is Still Speaking To Us When We Share The Gospel? →

    Good Morning Friends,     When we invite Jesus to be in our midst in worship and home life some amazing things will happen. Things like receiving new insights and knowledge and healthier emotions. When we bring our passions and gifts to the Lord to glorify God some amazing things can happen. But there is … Continue reading Is Jesus Favoring Your House? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary selections are rather lengthy given the importance, depth, and extent of effect of the Baptism of Jesus. So, spend some time diving into the deep waters and drink your fill of their life-giving Spirit and the relationship with the Son and the Father. Jesus, of course, did not … Continue reading Are We Really Thirsty For An Anointing With The Water Of Life? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Most people are in the process of putting up their Christmas tree decorations and the nativity scenes and the Advent Calendars are being packed away. We fast forward to Jesus' baptism or to the coming of the wise men or other passages, perhaps forgetting that Jesus had to grow up … Continue reading Where Is The Light Of The World Now? →

   Good Morning Friends,     In today's Gospel of John, Nathanael is introduced to Jesus as a friend of Philip, from Bethsaida. He is named Bartholomew in the other three Gospels but in the Gospel of John is called Nathanael. Interestingly he is impressed that Jesus has seen him under a fig tree, which some … Continue reading Are You Ready To See The Gate Of Heaven Open Up? →