I enjoy a Friday morning bible study called Crosstalk. We meet in the Lower Fireside Room at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church at 6:30a pretty much each week.  Lately we’ve been going through the 23rd Psalm slowly and after 5 or 6 weeks we just finished verse 3. 1- The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2- He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. 3- He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. We spent some time talking about “righteousness” and rightly identified our desire to live in...

Picked up Bill Hull’s book “Choose the Life” this morning.  Several quotes stood up and grabbed my attention this morning. The following is from George Barna and opens chapter 3. Christianity has no cost in America. We’ve made it way too easy to be “born again”–perhaps much easier than Jesus intended. When do we get to the point at which we accept smaller numbers of intensely devoted people rather than feverishly investing in filling auditoriums and stadiums with massive numbers of the lukewarm “Christians” that Jesus promised to spew from his...

Today in the daily office I use, the reflection was a beautiful prayer that stands out to me each month when it comes up. THE METHODIST COVENANT PRAYER I am no longer my own, but Thine. Put me to what Thou wilt, rank me with whom Thou wilt; put me to doing, put me to suffering; let me be employed for Thee or laid aside for Thee; let me be exalted for Thee, or brought low for Thee; let me be full, let me be empty; let me have all things, let me have nothing; I freely and heartily yield all things to Thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Thou art...