"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen,"...This question jumps into the center of my attention this morning. We spend so much of our selves consumed with devastation, tragedy, corruption and its consequences, fear of something bad happening, disappointment, grief and the list goes on endlessly. Yesterday was empty and energy was exhausted from the tragedy of the execution of Jesus. Now, this morning, Easter we awaken to hear the angels of heaven asked the question,"what are you doing here wandering around in the aftermath of death? The one you are looking for is not here but is risen." Life is moving on and resurrection is come. All your troubles are consumed in resurrection. You are being made new now....I will spend my energy in resurrection living and Holy Presence wherever I turn......and give thanks for you wherever you are....
Sunday, March 31, 2013
He has Risen
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Re: The day in between
Subject: The day in between
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This is Saturday, the day between. Yesterday evil: hatred, greed, misinformation, fear, jealousy, abuse, and everything contrary to the wellbeing of humanity won in the crucification of Jesus Christ. He was executed. Evil used the law to manipulate the legal system and popular opinion to brutally execute a innocent man. This is not a story about long ago. It is also a story about life in this world today. This kind of stuff happens all across the world today. We humans are hopeless and easily led astray. Now it is the day after. Quiet hovers over the community and many people are asking themselves what has happened. Some are consumed in grief. Our hope is that God will do something to straighten out the mess people have made. I hope and trust that tomorrow will be better.
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The day in between
This is Saturday, the day between. Yesterday evil: hatred, greed, misinformation, fear, jealousy, abuse, and everything contrary to the wellbeing of humanity won in the crucification of Jesus Christ. He was executed. Evil used the law to manipulate the legal system and popular opinion to brutally execute a innocent man. This is not a story about long ago. It is also a story about life in this world today. This kind of stuff happens all across the world today. We humans are hopeless and easily led astray. Now it is the day after. Quiet hovers over the community and many people are asking themselves what has happened. Some are consumed in grief. Our hope is that God will do something to straighten out the mess people have made. I hope and trust that tomorrow will be better.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Saved by God's Grace
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> Many years ago the preacher said to his congregation: "No matter what happens in the days or months or years to come one is sure that the ultimate victory belongs to God.....the sufferer knows that he/she is saved by God's grace." (based on Romans 5: 3-5)- And I agree with the preacher.
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> Many years ago the preacher said to his congregation: "No matter what happens in the days or months or years to come one is sure that the ultimate victory belongs to God.....the sufferer knows that he/she is saved by God's grace." (based on Romans 5: 3-5)- And I agree with the preacher.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
This is the Day the Lord has Made
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> "THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE, LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT." THESE WORDS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE RISE UP FROM DEEP IN MY MEMORY AND CALL ME TO BEGIN THIS DAY AND THIS WEEK IN THE ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING, TRUST AND AVAILABLE TO THE WORD THAT WILL SHOW ME WHERE TO STEP NEXT AND GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING OF THE PATH DOWN WHICH TO THINK AND WORK. ==== AND THIS IS MY PRAYER FOR YOU THIS DAY AND ALL YOUR DAYS.
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> "THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE, LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT." THESE WORDS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE RISE UP FROM DEEP IN MY MEMORY AND CALL ME TO BEGIN THIS DAY AND THIS WEEK IN THE ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING, TRUST AND AVAILABLE TO THE WORD THAT WILL SHOW ME WHERE TO STEP NEXT AND GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING OF THE PATH DOWN WHICH TO THINK AND WORK. ==== AND THIS IS MY PRAYER FOR YOU THIS DAY AND ALL YOUR DAYS.
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We need thinkers
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> IN EVERY CULTURE WE NEED THINKERS WHO QUESTION AND CHALLENGE OUR CURRENT WAYS OF LIVING...WHO DARE TO SUGGEST THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION. AFTER ALL THE HUMAN LEARNING CURVE IS ON GOING FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND GENERATION TO GENERATION.
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> IN EVERY CULTURE WE NEED THINKERS WHO QUESTION AND CHALLENGE OUR CURRENT WAYS OF LIVING...WHO DARE TO SUGGEST THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION. AFTER ALL THE HUMAN LEARNING CURVE IS ON GOING FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND GENERATION TO GENERATION.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Live in the Inspirations of Eternity
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> "ALMIGHTY GOD, UNTO WHOM ALL HEARTS ARE OPEN, ALL DESIRES KNOWN, AND FROM WHOM NO SECRETS ARE HID: CLEANSE THE THOUGHTS OF OUR HEARTS BY THE INSPIRATION OF THY HOLY SPIRIT, THAT WE MAY PERFECTLY LOVE THEE, AND WORTHILY MAGNIFY THY HOLY NAME; THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. I have prayed these words from childhood and every time they flow across my mind my soul is refreshed. These words are in our service of Holy Communion. They acknowledge our incompleteness, our wrongness, our guilt, our fears and they claim for us the ever present renewing work of Holy Spirit in our hearts, minds, bodies. Live in the inspirations of Eternity this day.
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> "ALMIGHTY GOD, UNTO WHOM ALL HEARTS ARE OPEN, ALL DESIRES KNOWN, AND FROM WHOM NO SECRETS ARE HID: CLEANSE THE THOUGHTS OF OUR HEARTS BY THE INSPIRATION OF THY HOLY SPIRIT, THAT WE MAY PERFECTLY LOVE THEE, AND WORTHILY MAGNIFY THY HOLY NAME; THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. I have prayed these words from childhood and every time they flow across my mind my soul is refreshed. These words are in our service of Holy Communion. They acknowledge our incompleteness, our wrongness, our guilt, our fears and they claim for us the ever present renewing work of Holy Spirit in our hearts, minds, bodies. Live in the inspirations of Eternity this day.
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Wait for the Lord
WAIT FOR THE LORD....(Psalms 27: 14) - We live in a culture of impatience. We are impatient when the car in front of us does not move quick enough to suit us when the light changes. We are impatient when someone is slow telling their story. We are impatient when God is slow answering our prayer request. Remember the One who sorts things in His time. Wait and be ready to do what Spirit gives you to do now. Some of our best thinking is done while waiting .........
What matters is God's Word
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> ".....because the news about your faithfulness is being spread throughout the whole world." (Romans 1:8) Your word has to count for something because that's about all you have left. Integrity. It was said of Eddie Arnold that the hand shake was all you needed. His honesty was solid. We have performance bonds to assure a person will do his job well. The integrity of my word is rooted in the integrity of God's word. The stability of what is happening in the human affair now depends upon the certainty of God's word. It is all we have: in church, home, marriage, business, government. God kept his word on the cross-God kept his word in the resurrection-God is keeping his word in the work of the Holy Spirit now. What matters is God's word. "I love you-you are my child-no matter what happens this word stands." The word about our faith, our integrity, our honey, our love, our benevolence spreads, and spreads......
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Work
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> "WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT FROM THE HEART FOR THE LORD AND NOT FOR PEOPLE." (Colossians 3:23) - work is not a necessary evil; although we may sometimes feel or think it is. I see work as a sacred trust. a opportunity to participate with Creator. Work engages all our faculties. In our culture a person has multiple options for work. Work engages mind, body, spirit, emotions. Work is a way of expressing ourselves and we feel better about ourselves when we have made good use of the specific gifts we have inherited in creation. our work is even richer when shared with and/or affirmed by others. I think of the analogy of the human body. Each part has purpose and function. Each part is important to the best function of the whole. No part can look at the other and say you do not matter. We enhance the experience of life when we celebrate each other. The world would be a boring place if every person was the same as every other person. We do the work of life as we do the work of diversity. I remember a church growth leader saying to me one time that it is a mistake to put a nuts and bolts person in a visionary job to work out a master plan. Likewise it would be foolish to put a dreamer and visionary person in the work of maintaining and doing the detail work. Value and respect your gifts in work and value and respect the other person too and the world will be a better palace in which to live and grow.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
While we were still sinners
"BUT GOD SHOWS HIS LOVE FOR US, BECAUSE WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS(IMPERFECT) CHRIST DIED FOR US." (Romans 5:8) - I know this is true and I am blessed by this love every day, but I still suffer sadness when there is so much hurt. Thank You Christ for your Love. amen.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
grounded on what is behind what I see
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