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The Upper Room Disciplines provides an opportunity to look more deeply at scripture by offering a week of devotions by a single author on a particular theme.

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Sent into the World - May 10, 2018

May 10, 2018

Christians in the early church stressed the importance of Jesus’ ascension by including it in both the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds. But churches today tend to gloss over Ascension Sunday. Sandwiched...

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Sent into the World - May 9, 2018

May 9, 2018

The author writes his epistle to believers who are trying to understand what eternal life means and how to live a holy life in the context of the Christian faith. These...

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Sent into the World - May 8, 2018

May 8, 2018

For many Christians the word evangelism evokes a sense of fear and dread. The word often conjures up visions of preachers on street corners with bullhorns or stacks of spiritual tracts...

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Sent into the World - May 7, 2018

May 7, 2018

Every night my daughter, Sarah, asks me to tuck her into bed and pray with her. She’s comforted to know that as the night comes, she’s safe and secure because I’m...

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A Wonderful World - May 6, 2018

May 6, 2018

Sometimes I don’t understand Jesus. This is one of those times. I’ve wondered what his joy is that he not only wants in me but also desires to complete in me....

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A Wonderful World - May 5, 2018

May 5, 2018

While yesterday’s epistle metaphor of parent and child is susceptible to a hierarchical power dynamic, today’s Gospel lesson portrays a mutuality of the divine-human relationship that is so nonhierarchical it’s mind-blowingly...

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A Wonderful World - May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018

Today’s epistle lesson and tomorrow’s Gospel lesson describe the radical difference faith in Jesus Christ makes in who we become through him. Both offer antidotes to a religion of “oughts,” “musts,”...

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A Wonderful World - May 3, 2018

May 3, 2018

Some in the early Christian communities asserted that Jesus was fully divine but not fully human. The writer calls them liars and antichrists (2:22). It’s easy to appreciate his passion. If...

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A Wonderful World - May 2, 2018

May 2, 2018

The psalmist invites us to join the choir for the Lord’s victory celebration. There will be instrumental accompaniment, strings, and brass. Even Creation’s children will be there: the seas roaring, the...

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A Wonderful World - May 1, 2018

May 1, 2018

Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” Peter realizes if the answer is no, all heaven will break loose...

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