Good Morning Friends,    Today's lectionary selection includes the introduction to Paul's letter to the Colossians and what is interesting about it is its very positive attitude of thanksgiving. That was the convention of the day on how to write letters. Give the good news first before the bad. The real issue that Paul had … Continue reading How Is Your Spiritual Health Aligning With The Kingdom Of God? →

 Good Morning Friends,    I have a confession. You know those people who call on the phone to sell you something you really do not need nor want. Honestly, I have had some bad thoughts about how eternity should take care of their behavior. But then a friend pointed out another approach and once I … Continue reading Will We Be Filled Up Or Fed Up…Building Up Or Burning Up? →

Good Morning Friends,    Undoubtedly you are aware of the past, present and potential future of the places where you grew up. Maybe like Jesus you have lived in multiple places. Jesus lived in both Capernaum and Nazareth but really had no place to call home except for the love he found at Bethany. Perhaps … Continue reading Are We Listening To God For A Sense Of Place And Productive Purpose? →

   Good Morning Friends,  Jesus, at dinner in the house of a leading Pharisee, counsels both the host and his guests about humility and generosity. It was customary to invite the "visiting preacher," in this case, Jesus, and other guests to dinner after the synagogue service. However, the details given indicate that this occasion was … Continue reading How Would You React To An Invitation to a Wedding with Jesus? →

Does Today's Scripture Help You To Keep Improving While Awaiting Jesus?    Good Morning Friends,    There is a trajectory to today's lectionary text that is about faithfulness and holiness and continuous improvement in relationships and love and marriage and how God can be part of it all. There is a trajectory in today's lectionary … Continue reading Does Today’s Scripture Help You To Keep Improving While Awaiting Jesus? →

 Good Morning Friends,  No one likes to be told that they are sinners especially in earshot of others. The opportunities around such a situation can lead the unscrupulous to schemes of emotional blackmail. People of faith can be manipulated by such situations. In fact, they may be particularly vulnerable to such people. That is why … Continue reading Are We Prepared Emotionally To Please God? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Well if you do not believe in God that is one thing, but if you do you really have to wrestle with today's question.  What Is Our Responsibility To God?  Scripture: You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any … Continue reading What Is Our Responsibility To God? →

What Could Happen Next If We Actually Tried To Please God?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we continue to read about the woes of the places and people of worship and the need for them to be cleaned from the inside and the thing is that it is not just in scripture, but in the world … Continue reading What Could Happen Next If We Actually Tried To Please God? →

 Good Morning Friends,    In today's lectionary passage from Matthew Jesus rips into religious hypocrites that had created their own brand of legalism to perpetuate their own power. The Pharisees were not demonic, evil people but had fallen into a way of worship that was self-serving. They had fallen prey to pride in a way … Continue reading In Our Effort To Look Good Do We Forget What A Model Church Looks Like? →

Good Morning Friends,  I hope you are entering a time in your relationship with God when God is revealing to you what God is doing. When you open the Bible and when we feast on the Book, this sometimes can happen. Holy History is always moving toward something. When the time is right it will … Continue reading How Does God’s Endgame Apply To Us Today →