Are You Too Busy To Pray?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's Gospel reading is as well-known as any of them. It is a rubric for a conversation with God and a benchmark of how we will ultimately be judged. It is not so much a prayer as a guideline for how to pray. We have all … Continue reading Are You Too Busy To Pray? →

How Many Times Were The Waters Parted In The Bible?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's Gospel passage is about the old way of religion and the new. It is about giving up pride and claiming a dependent faith that makes a way for God's generosity and a double helping of miracles. The Old Testament passage includes … Continue reading How Many Times Were The Waters Parted In The Bible? →

How Can We Love In A Wicked World?  Good Morning Friends,  Life is frequently unfair. Our passage from 1 Kings points that out. Bad things happen to good people. Brutality and injustice are all around us. And we wonder why. Initially we submit to the reality that God's purpose is beyond us and God's ways … Continue reading How Can We Love In A Wicked World? →

Who Is In Charge?  Good Morning Friends,  Established frameworks of order are necessary for liberty to be possible but that does not mean that all people in positions of power are good. Some are evil. In today's text we have the wife of King Ahab, Jezebel, exerting undue influence. The King wanted Naboth to sell … Continue reading Who Is In Charge? →

How Is Your Family Tree?  Good Morning Friends,  We all have an interest in our heritage and legacy. We can even get our DNA tested to discover our genealogy, but what is more important is our spiritual DNA and discovering our voice in the family of God. Well suppose that every time you opened your … Continue reading How Is Your Family Tree? →

Are We Going To Keep Our Promises?  Good Morning Friends,  For some, the consideration of consequences motivates proper behavior and for others a night in a cave thinking. For some it is a shout and others a still small voice, as a pregnant pause. Whatever the process we still must decide or it will be … Continue reading Are We Going To Keep Our Promises? →

Are We Going To Stay In The Game?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we have another example of the power that comes out of events that seem small. The death of a single man 2000 years ago and the sighting of a puff of a cloud on the horizon for those facing famine. Both would become … Continue reading Are We Going To Stay In The Game? →

Are You Ready To Not Conform But Be Transformed?  Good Morning Friends,  Indecision is a problem for Israel during the time of Elijah. People are having a hard time deciding whose side to be on. We face similar problems in our world today that challenges us to face up to today's question. Are You Ready … Continue reading Are You Ready To Not Conform But Be Transformed? →

Are We A Positive Influence On Others?  Good Morning Friends,  As Christians we are called to the highest standard of conduct. We are also called to be used by God to bless people for a Holy purpose. Sometimes it is an unexpected and immediate blessing and at other times manifested in a long-awaited harvest. The … Continue reading Are We A Positive Influence On Others? →

Are You Backed By God?  Good Morning Friends,  Being a Christian means being different than all the rest of the eggs. We have been set apart for a purpose full of the Holy Spirit and blessed in ways that baffle the world. Embracing this mindset frees us to do amazing things even to answer today's … Continue reading Are You Backed By God? →