God’s Gift Of Worship Thoughts on the First Readings -  Joe Frankenfield Revelation 7:9, 14-17 If God can watch over and take care of you day and night for a week, don’t you think you owe him at least one hour of worship on Sunday? I remember hearing our pastor utter those words in many [...]

Loving God – Loving OurselvesThoughts on the First Readings – Joe FrankenfieldRevelation 5:11-14 Rogers and Hammerstein adapted the story of Cinderella for a television play in 1957. In it Julie Andrews and her prince, sang, “Do I love you because you’re beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you?” Every adult knows that it’s [...]

A Difficult Love Thoughts on the First Readings – Joe Frankenfield Revelation 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19 Opposition has lined Christianity’s entire journey. Since Jesus, those who shared his faith have met resistance from those who feared it, who ridiculed it, who hated it and those who found it simply incomprehensible. Faith is pursuing the full potential [...]

God In Front Of Us Thoughts on the Second Reading – Joe Frankenfield Acts 10:34, 37-43 Years ago I met a young couple preparing to baptize their first child. The dad commented that they could hardly believe what God had done through them. “This child; this new, little person; it’s almost too much to believe [...]