Good Morning Friends, Today we have a joyous Eastertide devotional about living stones and living stories. Six months ago a friend of mine was praying for Moorings Presbyterian Church. He knew its history and a time when it was filled beyond capacity and I am sure he would have been pleased at seeing the children's chat, … Continue reading Do You Have A Personal Story Of Resurrection This Eastertide—Evidence Of Christ’s Life In You?
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What If Resurrection Is Already Calling Your Name?
Good Easter Sunday Morning Friends, Today is Easter Sunday, again. But something is different. We will play handbells and sing the Hallelujah Chorus. And we will undoubtedly greet people with exclamations of, "He has risen!" But as a friend of mine pointed out to me and others who got his texts, on that first Easter Sunday it was more likely the question, … Continue reading What If Resurrection Is Already Calling Your Name?
Will We Embrace Christ’s Cross as Our Cross?
Good Morning Friends, Last night’s Maundy (Commandment) Thursday service invited us into the final hours of Jesus’ earthly mission. Through a shared meal, new music, scripture, confession linked to the cross and communion, we were drawn into the Passover story and Christ death for us. Even the rain with a rainbow as we arrived seemed … Continue reading Will We Embrace Christ’s Cross as Our Cross?
Are We Willing To Both Serve And Be Served For God’s Glory?
Good Morning Friends, From time to time, many of us have served a meal to those with less privilege—only to discover that receiving service from them can feel harder than giving it. In today’s text, Jesus meets this same tension in the Upper Room. At the Passover meal, He kneels to wash His disciples’ feet, … Continue reading Are We Willing To Both Serve And Be Served For God’s Glory?
Why Did God Choose Even Judas?
Few figures in Scripture trouble us like Judas Iscariot. His name once carried honor—many Jewish boys were named after Judas Maccabaeus, the hero of Jewish independence. But Judas Iscariot’s story took a darker path. He may have expected Jesus to lead a revolution, and when Jesus made it clear He would suffer rather than overthrow … Continue reading Why Did God Choose Even Judas?
Have You Ever Experienced A Spiritual Crisis Becoming A Calling?
Good Morning Friends, Many fears throughout history have faded on their own or proved far less catastrophic than expected—like the Y2K panic, early worries that television or telephones would ruin social life and literacy, the 1890s horse‑manure crisis that vanished with the arrival of cars, concerns about “superweeds” from genetic engineering, anxiety over email overload, … Continue reading Have You Ever Experienced A Spiritual Crisis Becoming A Calling?
How Can We Be All-in, Glorifying The Suffering Servant Beyond This Passover?
Good Morning Friends, Blink and Easter can feel like it comes and goes—but it was never meant to be a one‑day event. We do not need to rush it. Like Advent or Lent, Easter is a season meant to be lived and savored. Soon enough Florida will quiet as the tourist season comes to an end … Continue reading How Can We Be All-in, Glorifying The Suffering Servant Beyond This Passover?
What Does It Mean For Jesus To Be King?
Good Morning Friends, In my library at home is a book by Tim Keller entitled "Jesus the King." It takes the book of Mark chapter by chapter to answer in a simple straightforward way who Jesus is. The identity and purpose of Jesus is woven together like the palm crosses our family made for Palm … Continue reading What Does It Mean For Jesus To Be King?
How would we have held up in the seven days before Jesus’ death?
Good morning, friends, Today’s readings reveal the willful blindness of unbelief and the steady faithfulness of God’s servants. Jeremiah suffers for speaking God’s truth, yet he continues to proclaim God’s word. His lament echoes Jesus’ own experience in the days leading to the cross—mocked, opposed, and rejected by religious leaders. Both Jeremiah and Jesus show … Continue reading How would we have held up in the seven days before Jesus’ death?
Do You Believe Jesus Is The Covenant Of Love He Claimed To Be For The Church?
Good Morning Friends, Today I would like to explore something many believers feel but rarely articulate: the tension between the ancient, unchanging covenant of God and the cultural layers that have grown around the church like ivy on an old cathedral. Some of that ivy is beautiful. Some of it obscures the stonework. And some … Continue reading Do You Believe Jesus Is The Covenant Of Love He Claimed To Be For The Church?
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