Happy All Saint's Day: The origin of All Saints' Day can be traced back to the early Christian Church when it was established as a day to remember and celebrate the martyrs and other saints who had died for their faith. Over time, the scope of the holiday expanded to include martyrs and...
Wednesday Greetings, October 11th has been designated as National Coming Out Day. It's a day to honor those who are LGBTQ+ and remind the world that it really is OK to be gay.I believe the Church has been wrong in calling homosexuality a sin. I see the words in Scripture...
Message 10-4-23 Wednesday Greetings, Ah, a change of scenery....Sunday afternoon I drove up to Mt. Lemmon. For those who don't know, Tucson is blessed to be so close to this natural wonder. Living down in the valley of the desert, an hour's (at the most) drive up the...
Wednesday Greetings, Let's take just a second. You'll want several. You might even take a minute.But it's worth every second you take.When life feels out of control or overwhelming for you, re-focus on God.Perhaps you're in the hospital and everything seems to be going...
Wednesday Greetings, Today, I offer a prayer you might pray.... for God, not to God....God, Thank you for being you. It must not be easy being you. You must be busy all the time. There's always somebody asking for something, telling you what you should be doing, yelling...
Wednesday Greetings, I got my teeth cleaned this morning. I love going to the dentist; I always have. Of course, growing up, my dad was a dentist and my sister a hygienist. The only bad part, really, was having to be a guinea pig for the new flavors of...
Wednesday Greetings, In Mark's Gospel, Chapter 6, tells the feeding of the thousands of people with just two fish and five loaves of bread.It's a funny little story. Jesus had just been out on a lake. Coming ashore he discovered a great crowd. After a while, the disciples...
Wednesday Greetings, A Prayer for YOU today....God, thank you for whoever it is that is reading this today.Thank you for the ways this person has been faithful to you. Thank you for loving this person through the times when s/he has been unfaithful to you.Thank you for being...
Wednesday Greetings, There is so much to think about in our lives. The Bible gives us guidance: "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and...
Wednesday Greetings, In southern California, most of the coastline is covered in what is known as "June gloom." It's a marine layer that forms in the cooler, humid part of the morning, and burns off by about noon revealing the blue skies.It's a while of enduring to get to...