GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Help Is Coming! – Year One, Proper 27, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Matthew 15:21-28 “Lord, help me.” Jesus is a man on a mission. He is focused as he should be. His mission begins with the lost house of Israel. “It is not fair” to divert him. But he […]
November 10, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Run Forest, Run! – Year One, Proper 27, Monday, November 9, 2015, Revelation 18:1-8 “Come out of her, my people lest you take part in her sins,” Come out, out of Babylon. What was Babylon? Modern day Iraq. Simply put a nation. How was it used? To convert people. […]
November 9, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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Being Blessed, Becoming a Blessing – #6 Bringing it Home
November 8, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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Church Skippers are Selfish. Harsh! But accurate? I recently read an article entitled “The Selfishness of Skipping Church.” The author, a local pastor, is brutal on the “culprits” who in the current spiritual malaise and indifference in our country are the selfish Christians who fail to consider how they can help, assist, and encourage someone […]
November 4, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Keep me Seeking – Year One, Proper 26, Friday, November 2, 2015, Luke 12:22-31 “Instead, seek his kingdom . . .” Instead of what? Being anxious, worrying about tomorrow and what it will hold – one daughter’s health, the skyrocketing cost of healthcare, another daughter’s college tuition, the futility […]
November 2, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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Being Blessed, Becoming a Blessing #5
November 2, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Advance, Advance – Year One, Proper 25, Friday, October 30, 2015, Matthew 13:24-30 “. . . the weeds appeared also.” Forgive my absence yesterday. Our oldest, Mary, had a cardiac ablation at UAB. The surgery went better and faster than we could have imagined. For this we are grateful […]
October 30, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Lasik Won’t Help – Year One, Proper 25, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, Matthew 13:10-17 “ . . . many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see . . .” Not everybody gets it. Some see. Others don’t. Some hear. Others don’t. Those who get it, however, […]
October 28, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Posers and Casting Crowns – Year One, Proper 25, Tuesday, October 27, 2015, Revelation 4:1-11 “they cast their crowns before the throne” Life rewards some with crowns. We enthrone movie stars, athletes, titans of business. Around the world, real monarchs still reign. And quietly some of us make ourselves […]
October 27, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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Being Blessed, Becoming a Blessing #4
October 26, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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