What Is Our Life?

Good Morning Friends, If the Lord does not return first, all of us will die someday. And my guess is that it will come much quicker than expected. Life goes by so unbelievable fast, so it is pointless to boast about our plans for tomorrow. For we could be disappointed or worse yet dead. The … Continue reading What Is Our Life? →

What Is Our Life?

What Makes Us Great?

Good Morning Friends, Ok March Madness is almost upon us. Yesterday we had twelve passages from scripture, which is a lot to digest with too many moving parts. It was kind of like trying to make a half-court shot in basketball as the clock is winding down. But then there were thirteen rules in the … Continue reading What Makes Us Great? →

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 We Paralyzed And In Fear Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us?

Good Morning Friends, Our daily fears and negativity can become words that are tools of destruction in our heads, or they can be overcome in a way to build us stronger in relationship with God. Our world is filled with management techniques, but our words do not bring out our best if they are about … Continue reading Are We Paralyzed And In Fear Unmindful Of All The Small Miracles Around Us? →

Are We Climbing The Right Mountain And Are We Training Fishermen With The Right Gear?

Good Morning Friends, The letter to the Hebrews reads a lot like a sermon series. And, in chapter 12, we see a message in the Old Testament narrative where Moses came down the mountain with the Ten Commandments. The early Hebrew tribes were so frightened by the events that they asked Moses to pray that … Continue reading Are We Climbing The Right Mountain And Are We Training Fishermen With The Right Gear? →

What Motivates You To Have Greater Faith?

Good Morning Friends, As usual we are taking the lectionary passages and trying to weave them together into a meaningful message. And today’s is about faith and the challenge of faith in the communities in which we live and work. For sometimes even the best leadership is ignored or worse yet feared as happened to … Continue reading What Motivates You To Have Greater Faith? →

Are We Ready For An Epiphany Guiding Our Deliverance And Growth?

Good Morning Friends, Most people are in the process of putting up their Christmas tree decorations and the nativity scenes and the Advent Calendars are being packed away. We fast forward to Jesus’ baptism or to the coming of the wise men or other passages, perhaps forgetting that Jesus had to grow up like … Continue reading Are We Ready For An Epiphany Guiding Our Deliverance And Growth? →

What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually?

Good Morning Friends, Today’s devotional is about blindness and primal trust and our will to believe in the power of Jesus while at the same time, without being paranoid, realize that some people who want to play God will seize opportunities to make a trap for those that uphold hope. It is about inner blindness … Continue reading What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually? →

Is Our Soul In A Healthy Union With Others When It Comes To Ministry?

Good Morning Friends, Every generation seems to think that the end game is closer than ever. And yes, in many ways the Kingdom of God of Heaven is closer each moment and yet both judgement and grace come every day. The thought of the end times could fill people with panic attacks. But the message … Continue reading Is Our Soul In A Healthy Union With Others When It Comes To Ministry? →