Good Morning Friends, Serving the Lord is a lifelong mission, although the nature of the work may change. God only holds us responsible for what we can do. Yet, if we pay attention, he will provide an opportunity to serve every day in some way. Here unproductive dread never glorifies God. That is not to … Continue reading Are You Leveraging Results With Your Talents? →

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 in which we live. It would seem the Holy Spirit is … 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 and … Continue reading Are We So Busy Trying To Look Good That We Forget To Be Good? →

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? →

Good Morning Friends, Today we have the parable of the wedding and its implied vows and the promise of a new heart that God will give to those he has chosen. The stories are not easy reads. In fact, they should trouble us and therein is the lesson. Both stories are full of people whose … Continue reading What Can We Say To Those Who Challenge Christ If We Do Not Follow The True Spirit Of God? →

Good Morning Friends, Today’s lectionary selection includes two parables that give us a little insight into the Kingdom of God compared to the kingdoms of people. I have added the first verse of Psalm 23 to complement the readings. We begin with one of the first parables in the Bible, the story of the trees. … Continue reading Who Will Feed The Sheep And Will They Ever Be Satisfied? →

Good Morning Friends, Today we reflect on the ministry of Jesus Christ and connect the work he did two thousand years ago on the other side of the world to our lives today. We consider the work of the Holy Spirit and give a shot at connecting Jesus’ work of earning our forgiveness on the … Continue reading Are Your Pipes Clear? →

Good Morning Friends, Have you ever wondered at what point the parenting relationship changes? Is it when your child turns 18? Is it when they move out of your home? Is it when they marry? Is it after you have finished paying for college and they start their career and have kids of their own? Some things are … Continue reading Do You Have Enough Faith To Move Mountains?  →

Good Morning Friends, Often in reading scripture whether it is Old or New Testament text I will consider where Jesus is in the storyline and I will consider the location of the story as well to gain insights from the backdrop. In today's Gospel reading Jesus and His disciples ventured into the District of Caesarea Philippi, an area … Continue reading Is Jesus The Rock Of Our Salvation? →

Good Morning Friends, Sometimes people storm into the church, insisting that the church should live up to the pattern offered by Jesus. Sometimes people expect ministers to walk on water. They rock the boat, and in so doing they force the church to remember its reason for being when we face the faith, filth and … Continue reading What Constitutes True Happiness And True Holiness? →