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? →

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? →

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? →

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? →

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? →

Good Morning Friends, The wilderness story in Exodus and Numbers is, in many ways, the story of a people who became experts at complaining. Even as God delivered and fed them, they grumbled. And honestly, if I had been bitten by a snake, I might have complained too. Yet in that moment of crisis, God … Continue reading Do We Have The Faith To Stop Complaining, Overcome Our Instincts, And Look To Christ For Healing And Salvation? →

Good Morning Friends, Today we look at a story that reveals Jesus as the One who comes full of grace and truth, calling us to walk as disciples of His light. Jesus is teaching in the temple when the scribes and Pharisees drag in a woman caught in the act of adultery. The setup is … Continue reading Are You Experiencing The Grace, Truth, And The Light Of Jesus In His Word? →

Moorings Presbyterian Church in Naples is celebrating an anniversary today. Sixty years is a remarkable milestone—not because it signals our strength as a church, but because it reveals God’s steadfast love across generations. Some cultures consider it a time for a party. Still let's face it, many churches have been around for a lot longer. Scripture gives us … Continue reading What Does God Have Planned For Us Now? →