The Practice of Belonging
The eternal words of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu really help me with both the Read More
Today's Disciplines Devotion
In my first year as a pastor, the church I served experienced a crisis that consumed the community. It was an exhausting series of days filled with tears, anger, and regret...
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This second part of the psalm witnesses to the bounty of the earth and the ways God accompanies the processes of life designed to provide water, grain, and flocks in abundance....
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In the struggle to figure out who we are or who we are becoming, we will encounter times in our lives when we feel that no one understands us. Even though...
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In today’s passage, Paul reflects on the work of his life. He sees that God accompanied him, and he shows that God will accompany us too. By keeping the faith we...
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This psalm extols the beauty of creation and praises the One who creates us, delivers us from our destructive practices, and invites us into a new relationship with the rest of...
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Joel communicates the promise that God makes for a new multi-generational and inclusive family of faith. Sons, daughters, the elderly, the youth, and those who have been enslaved will be filled...
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Experiencing the presence of God during good times is a celebration, a fiesta. When we have and enjoy more than we need, particularly after difficult times, it is easier to sense...
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Parables always present us with interesting opportunities to find spiritual sustenance in historical and sometimes archaic renderings of stories. Sometimes there seems to be little logical resolution to the story. At...
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My dear friend and their spouse tend to a colony of bees on their Indiana farmland and annually they harvest honey from their bees. While they sell many jars of honey...
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On a cold winter day, I awakened to a house that was as cold inside as it was outside. When I went to check the thermostat, it did not register any...
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I have a friend who has sojourned with alcoholism for roughly sixty years; thirty of those years my friend has celebrated being sober. This sense of sobriety has consumed our global...
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