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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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Hiking into Lent - February 17, 2024

February 17, 2024

For me the most joyful moments of hiking are walking along the ridgelines of the mountains that surround where I live in southwestern Virginia. They often follow sheets of rock outcropping...

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Hiking into Lent - February 16, 2024

February 16, 2024

For many the season of Lent provides a framework to work out a spiritual goal, such as establishing a more regular prayer life, giving oneself in service, or choosing to fast....

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Hiking into Lent - February 15, 2024

February 15, 2024

Many people find spending time outdoors peaceful and rejuvenating. Hiking is a way I have found to engage in nature and spend time in prayer. Not all long distance hikers are...

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Hiking into Lent - February 14, 2024

February 14, 2024

On Ash Wednesday Psalm 51 launches us into a Lenten journey that seeks to recover the identity God has given to each of us. Lord knows in the course of settled...

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Hiking into Lent - February 13, 2024

February 13, 2024

For many American Christians, living one’s faith is more a matter of appreciating the benefits of being a member of a congregation than it is an enterprise that makes spiritual and...

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Hiking into Lent - February 12, 2024

February 12, 2024

On long hiking trails, such as the Appalachian Trail, one finds people who go out of their way to help the hikers, offering food and drink at a trail head, a...

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Being Seen, Seeing God - February 11, 2024

February 11, 2024

Human beings have strong impulses to maintain pleasure and avoid pain. Peter is a human being. As a part of the electrifying, life-changing public ministry of Jesus, Peter has been on...

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Being Seen, Seeing God - February 10, 2024

February 10, 2024

Emily Dickinson wrote, “Exultation is the going / Of an inland soul to sea— / Past the houses—past the headlands— / Into deep eternity! / Bred as we, among the mountains,...

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Being Seen, Seeing God - February 9, 2024

February 9, 2024

Paul’s opening words, “Even if the gospel is veiled,” suggest that Paul is defending against some attack. It sounds as though he’s answering a charge that the good news is obscured...

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Being Seen, Seeing God - February 8, 2024

February 8, 2024

It feels good to focus on the glory of God and the beauty of God’s creation. The God of unconditional love is popular. But what of God the judge? Life can...

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