Greetings! “Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ … Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to [the servants], ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tas

Greetings! “We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” - John 4:16 This is our final message about discerning the Holy Spirit in our lives. We often think that discerning the movement of the Holy Spirit is a passive spiritual discipline. But it’s active and often it requires that we go out into the world and do good. God is love. If we are the hands and feet of Jesus, we

Greetings! “The earth and everything on it—the world and all who live in it—belong to YHWH.” - Psalm 24:1 One of the most unexpected ways the Holy Spirit speaks to us is through the world. However, it shouldn’t surprise us that God would speak to us through the world because as Psalm 24 says, the whole earth and all that lives in it belong to God. Why wouldn’t God speak to us through the world? Remember that Moses received his special revelation from God when he went out i

Greetings! “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:4-7 This year I am a Commissioner to the 2021 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in

Greetings! “One day while they were worshipping God and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘I want Barnabas and Saul set apart for the work to which I have called them.’ After the church members had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on the pair and sent them along.” - Acts 13:2-3 The Spirit speaks to us through Christian community. Here Paul and Barnabas had their calling to preach to the Gentiles confirmed by the Christian community they were worshipping with. We hear th