Good Morning Friends, Sometimes in our lives we face events that change everything. Isaiah certainly wrote about this, and I wonder what he would think of the world in which we live today. It would seem otherworldly to him for sure. With this life changing reality staring us in the face today in today’s scriptures … Continue reading Can You Imagine The Lord Dreaming Beyond Time And Space Healing Us With Mind and Heart? →

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? →

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? →

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? →

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? →

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? →

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?  →

Good Morning Friends, Distinguishing the hand of God in one’s life is not always easy. It is not as if we get a definitive picture of it as a child. Still perhaps we do see God as a touch of comfort for a little child… or as the holder of the universe…or as the roughhewed … Continue reading Whose Hands Do We Trust To Mold Us And Is It For An Earthly Kingdom Or A Heavenly One? →

Good Morning Friends, God has made us an offer that is not based on what we can do but upon what Jesus did. By forgiving our sins God gives us a new heart and His Spirit that enables us to draw near in an intimate fellowship. The image is of a wedding. But we must … Continue reading What Is Going On In People’s Heads Who Think That Life Is Not Fair?  →

Are You Bold Enough To Dare To Care? Good Morning Friends, It is our purpose to love, and God gives us a carrot and a stick to do so. And in love we discover the difference between dead works and Godly service. We learn the challenge of making disciples that love God as we meet … Continue reading Are You Bold Enough To Dare To Care? →