Good Morning Friends, For me the smell of moth balls and lavender brings me back to memories of my mother’s mother. Smells of oranges and pipe tobacco bring back memories of my father’s father. Memories of fresh mowed grass bring me back to my childhood. The smell of glue brings me back to my early … Continue reading Do You Understand The Power Of Humility In Motivating Others To Wash Dirty Feet?
What Would Happen If We All Gave Our Hearts, Minds, Souls…Everything We Have Got To God?
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 hopeful question of God: What Would Happen If We All Gave Our Hearts, Minds, Souls…Everything We … Continue reading What Would Happen If We All Gave Our Hearts, Minds, Souls…Everything We Have Got To God?
Are We Really Seeking The Kingdom Of God To Reform Us And Transform Us Though Worship?
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 to … Continue reading Are We Really Seeking The Kingdom Of God To Reform Us And Transform Us Though Worship?
How Relevant Is The Old Testament Law In Our Age Of Grace?
Good Morning Friends, Today we take on a very challenging issue of interpretation of scripture. And it involves us thinking through our attitudes about laws we have in our own society too, knowing the politicians do not always agree. And the thing is that scholars do not agree either on Jesus’ attitude toward the written … Continue reading How Relevant Is The Old Testament Law In Our Age Of Grace?
If We Really Believe All This About God, Then What Do We Do? Good Morning Friends, Today we look at beginnings and endings that are key to understanding Holy History through the eyes of Mary, for on this day Catholics around the world are celebrating the annunciation and there is something here for us to learn … Continue reading
Where Are You Living And What Are You Celebrating?
Good Morning Friends, Here we are on the Lenten journey from Transfiguration to Transformation…from Fast to Feast. And there is a message here in the crossing that we need to bring home for its relevance of how we experience Jesus in this life and the next and forgive me for not being better at communicating … Continue reading Where Are You Living And What Are You Celebrating?
When Did You First Feel The Signs Of An Anointing With God’s Leadership Of Love Conceived In Your Very Soul So You Might Be Born Again?
Good Morning Friends, Last week on our Lenten journey we have been considering the problem of our wicked and sinful nature. And it becomes clear that the problem of sin in us needs a God in us to fight the death in us. To better understand the process of how we become Christians, I asked … Continue reading When Did You First Feel The Signs Of An Anointing With God’s Leadership Of Love Conceived In Your Very Soul So You Might Be Born Again?
How Can We Seek The Right Harvest When We Humans Are So Sinful?
Good Morning Friends, There is a messiness in imagining the future unless Jesus is leading. Sure, we are to have a vision, but our creativity can turn to chaos soon enough. Our failure to imagine the continuing benefits from and to others is often the root of the evil that befalls us. There is no … Continue reading How Can We Seek The Right Harvest When We Humans Are So Sinful?
Do We Even Have An Option About Being Wicked?
Good Morning Friends, I am not typically one to quote Friedrich W. Nietzsche, the German philosopher, but since he was raised a Christian, and had a relevant observation to today’s topic here it is anyway: “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. … Continue reading Do We Even Have An Option About Being Wicked?
Where Do You Seek And Find Jesus’ Spirit?
Good Morning Friends, Today there is no Jewish Temple as such in Jerusalem. In its glory it was a place people went to discover the Holy Spirit of God. Some seek to build a new Temple for worship there, but it is not under construction, and it is unlikely we will see it rebuilt in … Continue reading Where Do You Seek And Find Jesus’ Spirit?
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