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  • Paul to Philemon – Moral Reset

    We Are All Getting Older and, Hopefully, Wiser. That includes both spiritual and moral maturity. That involves an evolving understanding of ethics and how we apply the Bible to evolving social circumstances and questions of behavior in this world. It is always general and it is always personal. How Do We Know What Is Right?…

  • Hear the Word

    “Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.” – Jeremiah 7:2 Hear the Word of the LORD! Throughout the world, any given weekend, millions of souls will enter…

  • Jacob’s Ladder – Discerning the House of God

    Depiction of Jacob's dream at Bethel, by Jusepe de Ribera.    “And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” – Genesis 28:17  We have grown rather flippant in our understanding of the house of God. That was…

  • You Are Set Free

    Read more at  https://medium.com/@tomsims/you-are-set-free-49b3479f0ca1?sk=a51784e31d0152028b960e8d9f5323a6  

  • So Soon, So Late

  • Welcome to the Morning!

    Welcome to the morning!Gloria! Gloria! Kyrie eleison!Lord, have mercy!Have mercy on me.And grant that mercy and graceLike soothing oil and Refreshing waterSweetened by Thy loveShall flow through me intoThe lives of all who come to drink,Of all who come to be renewed.May I be another light,Another window, mirror, conduit,Any metaphor that, materialized,Brings this mercy to…

  • Clarity

    He Told You "And they remembered his words …" (Luke 24:8) Have you ever experienced the exhilaration of everything becoming clear and connected? The disciples did not need new information to understand the resurrection; they needed the illumination that comes when God suddenly turns on the lights in our personal experience of His grace. They…

  • Loving My Greatest Enemy

    I told Jesus that I was having difficulty loving my enemies. Jesus asked me why. I said that I was having a hard time figuring out who my enemy might be. As far as I could tell, I had no enemies but myself. "Exactly," Jesus seemed to whisper in my ear, "Then let my love…

  • Reflecting on One Day

    On this ignominious day in 1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. "I can. And there's your first marvel, that I can. You have made your magic now, for now I do think I…

  • Reflecting on One Day

    On this ignominious day in 1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. "I can. And there's your first marvel, that I can. You have made your magic now, for now I do think I…