Good Morning Friends, Discouragement can make us withdraw from fellowship and rehearse old wounds. When Jesus feels absent, we’re tempted to live in the past or doubt God’s care. But the risen Christ meets discouraged disciples with love, not condemnation. Every Emmaus road can become a road back to hope. Jesus appears with love to His … Continue reading Jesus Appears With Love To His Disciples, Has He Appeared To You?
What Can We Share On The Journey?
Good Morning Friends There are seasons when the world seems to shake beneath our feet—when headlines feel like aftershocks and the suffering of distant people lands close to home. Conflict reminds us that every “strike” is a person, every “target” is a family, and every “retaliation” ripples through communities who never asked to be caught … Continue reading What Can We Share On The Journey?
Has Your Experience Of Holy Week Prepared You For A Joyful Relationship With The Risen Christ?
Good Morning Friends, Holy Week has carried us through triumph and tragedy—Palm Sunday, betrayal, denial, crucifixion, resurrection—and now toward Pentecost and the gift of the Spirit. These events are not distant history; they expose our own hearts. Like Peter, we deny Jesus. Like John, we love. And like the crowds and rulers, we often shift … Continue reading Has Your Experience Of Holy Week Prepared You For A Joyful Relationship With The Risen Christ?
Do You Have A Personal Story Of Resurrection This Eastertide—Evidence Of Christ’s Life In You?
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?
What If Resurrection Is Already Calling Your Name?
Good Easter Sunday Morning Friends, Today is Easter Sunday, again. But something is different. We will play handbells and sing the Hallelujah Chorus. And we will undoubtedly greet people with exclamations of, "He has risen!" But as a friend of mine pointed out to me and others who got his texts, on that first Easter Sunday it was more likely the question, … Continue reading What If Resurrection Is Already Calling Your Name?
Will We Embrace Christ’s Cross as Our Cross?
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?
Are We Willing To Both Serve And Be Served For God’s Glory?
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?
Why Did God Choose Even Judas?
Few figures in Scripture trouble us like Judas Iscariot. His name once carried honor—many Jewish boys were named after Judas Maccabaeus, the hero of Jewish independence. But Judas Iscariot’s story took a darker path. He may have expected Jesus to lead a revolution, and when Jesus made it clear He would suffer rather than overthrow … Continue reading Why Did God Choose Even Judas?
Have You Ever Experienced A Spiritual Crisis Becoming A Calling?
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?
How Can We Be All-in, Glorifying The Suffering Servant Beyond This Passover?
Good Morning Friends, Blink and Easter can feel like it comes and goes—but it was never meant to be a one‑day event. We do not need to rush it. Like Advent or Lent, Easter is a season meant to be lived and savored. Soon enough Florida will quiet as the tourist season comes to an end … Continue reading How Can We Be All-in, Glorifying The Suffering Servant Beyond This Passover?
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