Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, November 5.  Election Day and the REST of the Gospel. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters. It is election day 2024 and thus a great time to talk about inner peace and what is really important.  today we talk about the political parties, the past, the future, and especially the peace that Christians should feel regardless of outcome. No, its not full of empty platitudes, you know me better than that […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, October 31, 2024.   Let’s ramble a little about Christian stuff. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights! for Thursday October 31, 2024!  We officially complete our look at 1 Corinthians today, but along the way we talk about a lot different stuff including Halloween, politics and elections, and the responsibilities that every Christian has to every other Christian.  Yes – the Good News id […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, October 29, 2024.  A little bit of this and a little bit of that. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Turning On the Lights for Tuesday October 29, 2024!  Hard to believe that we are this deep into the year and this close to the holiday season.  Today, I am a little out of focus – like that is new – but we end up […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, October 24, 2024.   Lets Talk About Gods Love! Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights!  Today, we reopen 1 Corinthians 12 and 13 just to clarify the definition of God’s love. The world tells us that, “love is love,” but is the definition of God’s love included in that? Spoiler alert – it isn’t.  So what is God’s love and what does it mean […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, October 22, 2024.  Let’s talk About LOVE! capital L. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to “Turning On the Lights!” for Tuesday October 22, 2024. Today we talk about the ultimate power in the universe – LOVE! Why is love the ultimate power in the universe? Because GOD IS LOVE! We open 1 Corinthians 12 and 13 so that we can explore this power and how it can transform […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, October 17, 2024.  1 Corinthians 12   Christ in Congregation Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to a wonderful discussion based off of 1 Corinthians chapter 12. Today we discus what it means to have Christ in the congregation – and be a congregation that is in Christ.  I pray that this talk challenges you and strengthens you, and I pray as I always do that you will go […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, October 15, 2024.  Let’s talk about the ORDER of our  worship. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights for Tuesday October 15, 2023. today, we go back into 1 Corinthians – chapter 11 to be exact – and we talk about the order that SHOULD be inherent in our worship services.  The church gathers for some very specific reasons and those reasons are not ever […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, October 10, 2024.  More about church the hidden jewel of God’s plan. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning on the Lights! It is Thursday October 10, 2024 and it is good to be back! So much happening in the world today – so much sorrow and so much joy. Let’s talk about the role of the church in all of it.  We know that the church is […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, October 3, 2024.  Our Calling and our good works Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning on the Lights! for Thursday October 3, 2024. Oh, I am all fired up today as I ask the question, “What are these ‘good works’ of which Jesus (and James) speak, and how do I know that I am engaged in them? What if I think that I am following the Lord […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, September 26, 2024.  Church, Church, and More Church! Good Moring, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Thursday’s edition of Turning on the Lights!  We continue in 1 Corinthians today talking about the tough love that the congregation and their leaders are called to demonstrate whenever sin begins to invade the church.  Leaders get what they create or allow – this being said, what environments are we creating in our churches? […]