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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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Mountaintop Experiences - February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017

The reading from Second Peter anticipates the story of the Transfiguration that we will celebrate this coming Sunday. Peter alludes to that event by quoting God’s statement concerning Jesus, “This is...

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Mountaintop Experiences - February 23, 2017

February 23, 2017

These verses mention three of Israel’s noted intercessors: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel. They cried out, and God answered! Our God of justice hears the cries of the needy and acknowledges the...

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Mountaintop Experiences - February 22, 2017

February 22, 2017

Earthquakes occur in the Holy Land. When the psalmist sings “let the peoples tremble” and “the earth quake,” he is reflecting on a familiar experience. He uses this image to underscore...

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Mountaintop Experiences - February 21, 2017

February 21, 2017

The term majestic comes to mind whenever we think about mountains, those towering features of the earth’s landscape that are both beautiful and mysterious. Whether it is Everest or Kilimanjaro, Ararat...

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Mountaintop Experiences - February 20, 2017

February 20, 2017

On May 29, 1993, I made my first climb up Mount Chiremba above Old Mutare in Zimbabwe. Just about a hundred years earlier Joseph Crane Hartzell, the newly elected bishop for...

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Meditations on Holiness - February 19, 2017

February 19, 2017

Today we come full circle, ending our meditations on holiness where we began—namely, with God’s declaration that we will be holy. The call to holiness can feel intimidating, even terrifying. None...

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Meditations on Holiness - February 18, 2017

February 18, 2017

Because God’s holiness dwells within us, we walk in the way of the Lord. We do not have to achieve moral perfection before God’s holiness will indwell our hearts, but we...

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Meditations on Holiness - February 17, 2017

February 17, 2017

The divine decree, “You will be holy,” is first and foremost about God coming to dwell within us. Our goodness comes because God dwells within us and not the other way...

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Meditations on Holiness - February 16, 2017

February 16, 2017

In today’s passage, the apostle Paul insists that Jesus Christ is the only foundation for the Christian faith and the Christian life. This fits beautifully with the theme of God’s holiness...

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Meditations on Holiness - February 15, 2017

February 15, 2017

While God’s holiness reminds us that God is altogether unlike creation, it also denotes the ways in which God draws near to creation in order to bring healing and renewal. When...

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