November 30th, 2006
Thursday’s Reflection
WHEN WE BEGIN TO LIVE a spirituality of simplicity, our primary concern ceases to be success and becomes faithfulness. We are called to live with integrity, to express the truth as we perceive it, and to trust in God’s ability to use what we offer.
- Elizabeth J. Canham
Heart Whispers
From Heart Whispers: Benedictine Wisdom for Today by Elizabeth J. Canham. Copyright © 1999 by Elizabeth J. Canham. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
- Luke 21:33, GNT
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for all those around the world who are affected by HIV and AIDS. (Learn about Prayers for Encouragement).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Sunday, December 3 is the first Sunday of Advent. Learn more about Advent — Top Ten Reasons You Should Celebrate Advent
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Dorothy Day (November 29).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 29th, 2006
Wednesday’s Reflection
THE SHALOM BRINGERS spread a sense of warmth, comfort, hope, and well-being even before a word is spoken. … When we think of these men and women in our lives, we feel as if God is reaching out to us through them. We know that if God is like them — only much more so — then the universe is in safe hands. The glory of God shines through their faces and touches us through their hands. We call them the children of God.
- Flora Slosson Wuellner
Forgiveness, the Passionate Journey
From Forgiveness, the Passionate Journey by Flora Slosson Wuellner. Copyright © 2001 by Flora Slosson Wuellner. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
- Psalm 25:8-9, NRSV
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for all those around the world who are affected by HIV and AIDS. (Learn about Prayers for Encouragement).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Sunday, December 3 is the first Sunday of Advent. Learn more about Advent — Top Ten Reasons You Should Celebrate Advent
- Saints, Inc.:
- Today we remember Dorothy Day (November 29).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 28th, 2006
Tuesday’s Reflection
ONE IMPORTANT way in which we exercise trust is by stepping out in courage. To take that first step in following our dream is an act of trust. Trust is not necessarily a state of passivity, but often one of expectant readiness. …
The particular path you are walking has never been walked before. You are pioneering it, with Jesus as your “scout.” …
Lord, I don’t know where we are going, but I trust your invitation to “come and see.” Give me the courage to invest everything I have and everything I am in the great adventure of life in you. Amen.
- Margaret Silf
Lighted Windows
From pp. 54-55 of Lighted Windows: Advent Reflections for a World in Waiting by Margaret Silf. Copyright © 2004 by Margaret Silf. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Teach me to live according to your truth, for you are my God, who saves me. I always trust in you.
- Psalm 25:5, GNT
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for all those around the world who are affected by HIV and AIDS. (Learn about Prayers for Encouragement).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Sunday, December 3 is the first Sunday of Advent. Learn more about Advent — Top Ten Reasons You Should Celebrate Advent
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Dorothy Day (November 29).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 27th, 2006
Monday’s Reflection
GOD IS ACTIVE in the world and in our lives in many ways. We may feel the mystery of God as we view storm clouds brewing over a blue ocean. We may experience the love of God when we are comforted by a friend. We may be filled with the compassion of God as we attend a conference on the plight of the homeless. We may be blessed by the peace of God during prayer or troubled by the challenges of God as we study the Bible. God comes to us in both our conscious and our unconscious experiences, for God is in all of life.
- Anne Broyles
Journaling
From Journaling: A Spiritual Journey by Anne Broyles. Copyright © 1999 by Anne Broyles. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.”
- Jeremiah 33:14, NIV
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for all those around the world who are affected by HIV and AIDS. (Learn about Prayers for Encouragement).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Sunday, December 3 is the first Sunday of Advent. Learn more about Advent — Top Ten Reasons You Should Celebrate Advent
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Dorothy Day (November 29).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 26th, 2006
Sunday’s Reflection
THE REVEALING of the Holy One is what we need to transform our lives. We need to know that the ground on which we are standing is holy ground. When we have found one truly holy place, then all places become holy.
- David Adam
Forward to Freedom
From page 31 Forward to Freedom by David Adam. Copyright © 2001 by David Adam. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Jesus answered [Pilate], “You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
- John 18:37, NIV
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Give thanks to God for blessings. (Share your prayers).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Anniversaries of events, good or bad, can bring up old feelings of fear or sadness. God is with us, no matter what we are feeling. If you needing God’s gentle touch in your life, visit Words of Comfort.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember C.S. Lewis (November 22).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 25th, 2006
Saturday’s Reflection
WE DO NOT PROJECT or generate grace. Nor do we initiate the redemptive order or process which, when we let it, sweeps into its course our scarred lives, our prayers, and our concerns for others. The redemptive process is already going on. I belong to God.
- Douglas V. Steere
Dimensions of Prayer
From pages 4-5 Dimensions of Prayer by Douglas V. Steere. Copyright © 1997 by Dorothy Steere. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
To Jesus Christ be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Revelation 1:6, GNT
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Give thanks to God for blessings. (Share your prayers).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Anniversaries of events, good or bad, can bring up old feelings of fear or sadness. God is with us, no matter what we are feeling. If you needing God’s gentle touch in your life, visit Words of Comfort.
- Saints, Inc.:
- Today we remember C.S. Lewis (November 22).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 24th, 2006
Friday’s Reflection
TAKE, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will — all that I have and call my own. You have given it all to me, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. This is enough for me.
- Norman Shawchuck and Rueben P. Job
A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God
From page 129 A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God by Norman Shawchuck and Rueben P. Job. Copyright © 2003 by Norman Shawchuck and Rueben P. Job. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
- John 18:36, NIV
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Give thanks to God for blessings. (Share your prayers).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Anniversaries of events, good or bad, can bring up old feelings of fear or sadness. God is with us, no matter what we are feeling. If you needing God’s gentle touch in your life, visit Words of Comfort.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember C.S. Lewis (November 22).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 23rd, 2006
THANKSGIVING DAY
Thursday’s Reflection
WE MUST LISTEN for God day by day. We must keep an ear open to our neighbor, an ear to our hearts, and a third ear to God.
Faith is a journey led by God. We pause, wait, and listen for the Guide who speaks more often than not in a still, small voice that requires careful, patient attention.
- J. Marshall Jenkins
Shaped by the Word
From page 69 Shaped by the Word by J. Marshall Jenkins. Copyright © 1985 by J. Marshall Jenkins. Published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
- Revelation 1:7, NIV
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Give thanks to God for blessings. (Share your prayers).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Anniversaries of events, good or bad, can bring up old feelings of fear or sadness. God is with us, no matter what we are feeling. If you needing God’s gentle touch in your life, visit Words of Comfort.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember C.S. Lewis (November 22).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 22nd, 2006
Wednesday’s Reflection
IF OUR VIEW OF OURSELVES is anything less than being a word spoken forth by God, then our self image is a self-constructed facade — a crust of self. …
I have come to realize that the primary work of God’s grace in our lives is to liberate us from this destructive bondage to the crust of self in order to shape us into wholeness. God is seeking to create in us a whole new structure of habits, attitudes, and perceptions, of dynamics of personal and corporate relationships, of patterns of reaction and response to the world. This new structure is one of increasing Christlikeness. God is seeking to break the crust.
- M. Robert Mulholland, Jr.
Shaped by the Word
From page 110-111 Shaped by the Word by M. Robert Mulholland, Jr. Copyright © 1985 and published by Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Scripture Reading
[Jesus Christ] loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins and made us a kingdom of priests to serve his God and Father.
- Revelation 1:5-6, GNT
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Give thanks to God for blessings. (Share your prayers).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Anniversaries of events, good or bad, can bring up old feelings of fear or sadness. God is with us, no matter what we are feeling. If you needing God’s gentle touch in your life, visit Words of Comfort.
- Saints, Inc.:
- Today we remember C.S. Lewis (November 22).
- Lectionary Readings:
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November 21st, 2006
Tuesday’s Reflection
WE HAVE HOPE in what we don’t see,
we have faith in what we can’t hear,
and we keep looking and listening
for the reality beyond the reality.
- Robbie Clifton Pinter
Alive Now
From page 7 of “The Landscape Listens” by Robbie Clifton Pinter in Alive Now magazine, January/February 2004. Copyright © 2003 by The Upper Room. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Learn more about or purchase this magazine.
Today’s Scripture Reading
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
- Revelation 1:8, NIV
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Give thanks to God for blessings. (Share your prayers).
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Anniversaries of events, good or bad, can bring up old feelings of fear or sadness. God is with us, no matter what we are feeling. If you needing God’s gentle touch in your life, visit Words of Comfort.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember C.S. Lewis (November 22).
- Lectionary Readings:
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