
Help Us Expand the Reach of The Upper Room
This time each year, I have the privilege of sharing how your generosity impacts our international Read More
Looking for today's Disciplines Devotion? Click here to read it.
Latest Disciplines Devotions
I love my cold-and-stormy-weather gear. How did humans make it through much of history without umbrellas, gloves, and scarves? Since the beginning, we have made clothing to cover our bodies, to...
Read MoreWe owe everything to God. Everything we have is because God loves us deeply and has placed good things in our lives. This isn’t some kind of plot twist; it’s obvious....
Read MoreWe live in a world where every experience has to be posted online. If you don’t show proof to your followers on social media, then it didn’t happen. People can become...
Read MoreTime often feels like a very abstract and elusive thing. In the same moment you believe you have your entire life ahead of you and all the time in the world...
Read MorePsalm 51 is regarded as David’s plea for God’s mercy after he has raped Bathsheba and murdered her husband, Uriah (see 2 Sam. 11). In David, we see the depth and...
Read MoreIn our world, “quid pro quo” is the name of the game. We seldom do a good deed for another person without expecting something in return. Even if we have no...
Read MoreLuke reports that following the Transfiguration, Jesus and the disciples descend the mountain. Christian disciples who have experienced intimate relationship with Christ do not bask in that glory to feed the...
Read MoreThe Transfiguration is one tradition that is shared by all the Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The narrative tells of Jesus’ encounter alongside three disciples of his inner circle: Peter, James,...
Read MorePaul presents what could serve as his credentials to this community of faith. He is very aware that he, humanly speaking, should be without any right to offer anything on behalf...
Read MorePaul writes to the Corinthians as those who have the hope and the ability to act with great boldness. The experience of Christians today is different from that of Moses, who...
Read More