The Gifts of Contemplation and Courage
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Today's Disciplines Devotion
Sometimes, it is difficult to see hope, let alone to live with hope. The constant rage-baiting and abusive onslaught of violent, destructive, and dehumanizing words and actions that are being unleashed...
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The older I grow the more I resemble both my mother and my father. When I look in the mirror I see many of my father’s features in my own face....
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I love to go hiking in the Nashville area’s many parks. Our city offers the blessing of many public parks both within the city limits and nearby. I experience a sense...
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Over the years, I have learned that I will never forget books or plays that continuously repeat the same thing over and over. Even Hollywood has learned the lesson of repetition....
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I once spoke to a person who told me that she refuses to read Revelation. When I asked her why, she told me that all the violent imagery and scenes of...
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I still remember very well one of the first racially integrated church services I and some members of our predominantly white church attended. South Africa was emerging slowly from years of...
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In our reading on Monday, we read how Paul’s discernment leads to a confrontation between the Spirit of Jesus and a false spirit. Yet we can also understand this moment as...
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In a world fraught with intrigue and composed of opposing parties often fighting for dominance, today’s psalm comes as a refresher course in what God has in mind for us. The...
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In today’s reading, we find incredible descriptions of the difference in worldview that exist between Jews and Gentiles, between those enslaved to the ways of the world and those set free...
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Today’s reading consists of many layers of past experiences and future expectations laced with the role that business concerns and cultural norms play in the eventual imprisonment of Paul and Silas....
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Several years ago my husband and I went to Rome on vacation. We wanted to see the major tourist sites, and we wanted to make the most of our time there....
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