Tag: bible

Have You Discovered You Are Healthier And More Productive When You Have Been Touched By God In A Way That Prompts Faith?

Good Morning Friends, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco portrays God reaching to touch Adam with his finger as an act of creation itself and indeed the giving of life. I do not know about you, but I feel happier when I am creating something. Countless modern paintings depict angels touching people. I think this made … Continue reading Have You Discovered You Are Healthier And More Productive When You Have Been Touched By God In A Way That Prompts Faith? →

Do We Have A Failure To Communicate The Most Important Message Of All?

Good Morning Friends,  Soon in the liturgical year we will begin the journey from Transfiguration to the Cross. But today we frame this with other images of our spiritual history. Today we remember the connection between Babel and Pentecost. Today we remember that the Bible begins in a garden and ends in a city but … Continue reading Do We Have A Failure To Communicate The Most Important Message Of All? →

Are You Living The Life Of The New Covenant By Standing At The Door Inviting People To Meet Jesus?

Good Morning Friends, Our God loves partnerships engaged in the divine purpose and we see exactly that in today’s scripture passages. It is like the covenant sealed in a rainbow…beautiful and vibrant and the affirmation of a believer.  Given the challenges of a world, many may not know a living Jesus.  But if you do … Continue reading Are You Living The Life Of The New Covenant By Standing At The Door Inviting People To Meet Jesus? →

If You Have A Kingdom Mindset, How Would You See Peace?

Good Morning Friends, The entire landscape of the blind man’s life was changed after he had been alone with Jesus and healed of his inability to see. So too the entire landscape of the world was changed after the flood and God’s deliverance of Noah and his family. Both are a type of vision cleansing … Continue reading If You Have A Kingdom Mindset, How Would You See Peace? →

Do We Understand The Salvation Offered By Jesus Is The Continuing Work Of A Sovereign God In Holy History?

Good Morning Friends, Today we have Noah in a boat from the Genesis Flood account and Jesus and the disciples in a passage from the Gospel of Mark also in a boat and the interesting thing is that in both situations the people along for the ride were being asked to trust, obey, and believe … Continue reading Do We Understand The Salvation Offered By Jesus Is The Continuing Work Of A Sovereign God In Holy History? →

Are You Growing Closer To God At The Inclusive Table of Christ?

  Good Morning Friends, Being part of the dominant sociological structure, if we are such in the church, does mean that there is not more to experience in who we are as Christians. The reality is that many are working and living in a society that is not Christian. This is nothing new. Thankfully as … Continue reading Are You Growing Closer To God At The Inclusive Table of Christ? →

How Do We Become More Like Jesus, Come Clean And Still Till The Soil Of The Garden?

  Good Morning Friends, Today we seek to understand from the inside out about the nature of the church and the bride of Christ…about love of God and love of our neighbors. Today we look in the mirror and realize that though we think we are groomed and something of worth, the reality is that … Continue reading How Do We Become More Like Jesus, Come Clean And Still Till The Soil Of The Garden? →

Are You Living Into God’s New Creation Story In The Light Of Christ?

Good Morning Friends, Today we face some scripture that is a real challenge not because of the questions it presents for us so much as because I am still thinking about yesterday’s Super Bowl blowout and its commercials and one spot in particular that had a Johnny Cash singing a song about Jesus and another … Continue reading Are You Living Into God’s New Creation Story In The Light Of Christ? →

Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joy In Us?

Good Morning Friends, Last month I asked my three-year-old grandson to tell me about God and he responded that “God is in us.” Today’s scripture and message is really about the history of God’s incarnation in Jesus and what happens when Christ is in us. The idea here is that a close and real relationship … Continue reading Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joy In Us? →