Morning Hour Chapel

First Things First: All You Need is Love

Language...words...are filed with the meaning we bring to them through our experiences. 

 

Part 1 of a sermon series entitled "First Things First," a look at what Jesus calls the Great Commandment (to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbor as ourself).

World Communion Sunday

Stakes in the Ground - Where We Are Going.

Jesus will be where we are going. 

Stakes in the Ground - Reflections

Stained glass windows remind me of our role-- to reflect Christ to one another.. the astounding way they hold the form so that the light can shine through.

Stakes in the Ground - The Impulse

Resurrection is not a one time event or an occasional thing. It is the impulse of God to resurrect us.... if we let God. 

Stakes in the Ground - First, God

"It all begins with God. First, God. When we look at it this way, our whole lives become a response."

Since the First Day

Daniel 10

Daniel's waiting does not equal God's waiting. 

Lex Credendi, Lex Orandi

What is believed, is what is prayed. 

Holy Conversation --Part Two...

Rather than entering into prayer with our agendas or to get what we want from God. Rather than entering into prayer out of a sense of duty or out of guilt.  We can see prayer as growing and tending a garden... the gardens of our souls, where we know things take time to grow and bloom and we are constantly mindful of the future beauty, asking Jesus what he wants to do. 

Cut to the Heart

God does not desire a people who simply feel guilty or regretful.

God desires a people who are active in reorienting their lives, turning around, and setting their sights on God again.