Top of the morning from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, located in the heart of Vinita, Oklahoma.
These Monday Morning messages which began in September 2007, now find their way across the country and around the globe! I am surprised by and glad for the welcome they have received.
My intention is to reach out beyond our sanctuary with a pastoral concern. Our Christian faith, drawn from the rich source of the Bible, is profoundly inward and at the same time it is outreaching, with a will to action.
Faith is the activity of the whole life of every follower of Jesus!
Christ put a strong emphasis upon "wholeness of life". "Do you want to be made whole?" was a fundamental question he asked, and it is the message of the gospel to everyone.
The health of the body and spirit are integral to wholeness in life, and that is a reason daily quiet time is needed. At the start of summer I encouraged you to read, at your own pace, two books by Luke - the Gospel and the Book of Acts. Later I suggested you add the Gospel of Mark to your devotional reading list.
Today, I suggest some of my favorite readings from Psalms.
Psalm 1, 2, 8, 16:5-6, 19, 23, 24, 25:4-5, 34, 42:1-5, 8-11 and 43, 46, 67.
Good reading provides good company! Our Pearl of Value for this week comes from the Apostle Paul: 1 Corinthians 15:33 - "Bad company corrupts good character."
Good reading! Fond regards,
Richard
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Top of the morning from Vinita, Oklahoma, where Pilgrim Presbyterian Church still sends out the good news of Jesus Christ from the corner of Thompson and Illinois.
Since the 4th of July, when we celebrated Independence Day, I've been thinking a lot about how difficult it must be for immigrants to understand America. We are a land of paradox!
The magnificent story of our nation began as a primitive country. Now, we are wealthy and powerful, yet health insurance is beyond the reach of millions of our people.
America produced Abraham Lincoln, and the KKK. Billy Graham is a household name as is Jeremiah Wright, another preacher.
We have a high standard of living, we eat well, but, how we do love our hot dogs! We have a rich musical heritage and we've invented be-bop. We've built a multi-billion dollar TV industry, and we sit to watch soap operas.
Contrasts galore!
We who have been born and raised in America seldom find these contrasts difficult to understand. Be patient with immigrants who are bewildered by them. Apart from Native Americans, all of us at one time were strangers in this fair land.
Peace,
Richard
Since the 4th of July, when we celebrated Independence Day, I've been thinking a lot about how difficult it must be for immigrants to understand America. We are a land of paradox!
The magnificent story of our nation began as a primitive country. Now, we are wealthy and powerful, yet health insurance is beyond the reach of millions of our people.
America produced Abraham Lincoln, and the KKK. Billy Graham is a household name as is Jeremiah Wright, another preacher.
We have a high standard of living, we eat well, but, how we do love our hot dogs! We have a rich musical heritage and we've invented be-bop. We've built a multi-billion dollar TV industry, and we sit to watch soap operas.
Contrasts galore!
We who have been born and raised in America seldom find these contrasts difficult to understand. Be patient with immigrants who are bewildered by them. Apart from Native Americans, all of us at one time were strangers in this fair land.
Peace,
Richard
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