Daily Devotionals
- Forward Day By Day - April 27, 2024
I participated in a civil discourse class that began with psalms addressing common difficulties and sources of conflict. Since the psalms have been sung and prayed for centuries, we know it is not a new circumstance. As a model of how to talk to one [...] - Forward Day By Day - April 26, 2024
As part of our mission to serve others, our church has a shuttle ministry to provide rides for the homeless population to job interviews, medical appointments, and a day center. I signed on as a rider for the bus to check people in and communicate as [...] - Forward Day By Day - April 25, 2024
In Mark’s Gospel, we learn about Jesus’s life and ministry not so much from what he says but from what he does. The first action Jesus takes is to go to John to be baptized in the Jordan River, where he is welcomed not only by God but also into J [...] - Forward Day By Day - April 24, 2024
When a favorite aunt retired, she began volunteering time to support various community activities, including her church, the public library, and reading with elementary school children. My aunt has interesting reports on her role as a servant as she [...]
- Pull the Weeds of Worry - April 27, 2024
After burying a few seeds in a planter in my backyard, I waited to see the results. Reading that the seeds would sprout within ten to fourteen days, I checked often as I watered the soil. Soon I saw a few green leaves pushing their way out of the soi [...] - Serving Together in Jesus - April 26, 2024
Rescue workers cooperated to help two men stranded on an island in Micronesia. Teamwork was necessary because a widespread health crisis required them to limit their exposure to each other. The pilot who first spotted the castaways radioed a nearb [...] - God Is My Helper - April 25, 2024
My friend Raleigh is sprinting toward his eighty-fifth birthday! Since my first conversation with him more than thirty-five years ago, he’s been a source of inspiration. When he recently mentioned that since retiring, he’d completed a book manusc [...] - United Diversity in Christ - April 24, 2024
In his essay “Service and the Spectrum,” Professor Daniel Bowman Jr. writes of the difficulty of navigating decisions about how to serve his church as an autistic person. He explains, “Autistic people have to forge a new path forward every sing [...]
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