Monday Morning Manna
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Monday Morning Manna: Throwback Memories
An interesting feature of social media is TBT (Throwback Thursday) where people post pictures and memories of past days. A few recent events have had me using my memory overtime.…
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Monday Morning Manna: Emoticons
I love new words, although I’m sometimes slow in learning them. I’m sure most of my younger friends have already started using the word “emoticon” but it is somewhat new…
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Monday Morning Manna: Partaking of the Manna Prepared for Others
Have you ever communicated something to others only to find you needed it for yourself? Last Monday’s Morning Manna was from Philippians 4:6, “Be anxious for nothing” with the emphasis…
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Monday Morning Manna: Anxious Over Manna
Amazing how I have become so dependent to something I’d never heard of a few years ago. Eight years ago I began writing a Monday morning, one paragraph, spiritual jump-start…
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Monday Morning Manna: Outwardly Perishing, Inwardly Renewing
Once again, I passed my annual physical exam, but not without one interesting exchange between doctor and patient. “Doctor”, I said, “I used to be able to go full speed…
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Monday Morning Manna: Out of Gas
Tis’ the season – baseball season, that is – my favorite season of the year. One of the things I love about baseball is the unique jargon that is not…
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Monday Morning Manna: Praying When You Don’t Feel Like It
It was break time during the Prayer Conference when a participant said to me, “I like everything you are teaching us, but sometimes I just don’t feel like praying.” Do…
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Monday Morning Manna: Social Growth
Yesterday was Mother’s Day and my sermon was entitled, “Balanced Growth: A Mother’s Hope” from Luke 2:52, which says, “Jesus increased (or grew) in wisdom and stature, and in favor…
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Monday Morning Manna: Last Words
I attended another funeral last week – this one for my friend Don Miller. The family said his last words were, “almost to glory!” I’ve often wondered what people think…
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Monday Morning Manna: Whether to Laugh or to Cry
Sometimes you have a choice of laughing or crying. A few years ago, we drove quite a distance to preach on Easter Sunday morning for a pastorless church. Following the…