Ears to Hear: A Litany for Listening One to the Other
I am a person of strong conviction and intense moral righteousness. I have a lot of… Read More
Today's Disciplines Devotion
Great is the mystery of faith: “Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.” These or similar words are spoken during the Communion liturgy in many churches. They serve...
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Can you remember a time you were in trouble and God came to the rescue? A time you felt hungry, thirsty, but most of all lost? What was or is the...
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If you aren’t angry, you aren’t paying attention! There is much going on in our world that makes me angry. Sometimes anger moves me to action, which is a good thing....
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If you have been raised with Christ, you have new life and will seek the things that are with Christ. You will focus on God’s things, not on your own things....
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Abundance is used in the Gospels both positively and negatively. In the feeding of the multitudes, the baskets of leftover food point to the bountiful excess of God’s rule (see Luke...
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I am a quilter, and like many quilters, I have a fabric stash, a collection (or rather a massive pile) of fabric that I have bought without a plan. This is...
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Hosea’s images can be overwhelming, showing God as destructive and punishing. But Hosea also reveals the tenderness of God and the hope that God is with us even as the world...
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Who are the people you don’t respect? Who are the people you or your friends constantly cut down as not really understanding what is right and what is wrong? Who are...
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In my early life as a follower of Christ, I embraced the familiar understanding of creation (God created everything good), fall (humanity sinned), and redemption (Christ’s death provided rescue from sin)....
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A recent Pew Research Center study projects the percentage of Christians in the U.S. might decrease from 64 percent to between 54 and 35 percent by 2070. At the same time,...
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It is the example of Jesus praying that prompts Jesus’ disciples to ask him to teach them to pray. Through this display, we see that God’s generosity precedes the first utterances...
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