How honest can I be with my boss?  How caring can I be with my co-workers?  Reflect and pray about what to do.  Be prepared for surprises or for hard times.  Have you supports lined up? [A way to live Mark 10:17-31, one of the readings in many churches for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost from […]

A way for churches to live: Open your church to the suffering of people around it.  You will discover strengths you never knew you had.  And, most important, the people served will find healing and wholeness. Based on Luke 13:1-9 [A way to live was suggested by a reading for many churches for the Third Sunday in […]

A way to live a mission in your church and its outreach: What looks good and that you believe is God’s work, do not doubt but believe that is really is God’s work and act on it.  To doubt and to question are not wrong but they can be overdone and lead you to miss […]

A way for church life: In hard times, ask others for help.  Avoid relying only on yourself.   Others are here to help. Based on Acts 9:36-43 [A way for church life suggested by a reading for many churches for The Fourth Sunday of Easter for 4/17/16.  Tabitha, a generous disciple who lived in Joppa, […]

A way to live in your mission at church: If you are a leader, beware assuming you are always right.  Listen and learn from feedback.  If you are not a leader, try to be candid when asked for your critique of a leader or an event. Based on Luke 7:1-10 [A way to live your […]

A way to live a mission in your church and its outreach: Follow the church leaders who care for the members and lead them into better ways of living. Based on John 10:1-10 A way to live a mission in your church and its outreach based on John 10:1-10, a reading from the Revised Common […]

A way to live a mission in your church and its outreach: Congregations willing to lose will find life. Based on Matthew 10:24-39 A way to live a mission in your church and its outreach based on Matthew 10:24-39, a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, 6/25/17. [Matthew puts […]

A way to live your mission in your church: Pray fervently for what you need  for God answers your prayers — maybe not as you want but as you need. Based on Luke 11:1-13 [A way to live your mission in your church based on a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for The Tenth Sunday […]

A way to live a mission in your prayer time Have receptive “eyes” and “ears” to see and hear truth in your prayer time. Based on Luke 9:28-36 A way to live a mission in your prayer time, based on Luke 9:28-3, a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the Transfiguration of our Lord, […]

A way to live your church life: What life experience will it take for you to learn to share the good things in life with the poor? Based on Luke 16: 19-31 [A way in your church life based on a reading from The Revised Common Lectionary for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9/25/16.  Jesus […]