Daily Devotionals
- Forward Day By Day - May 19, 2024
This verse from Psalm 104 conjures up a vision of an old-timey map with an image of a sea monster inhabiting the vast expanse of ocean in between land masses. Though we have more scientific knowledge about the ocean than the psalmist did, those vast [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 18, 2024
When I prepare families for the baptism of a child, I often downplay the theological focus on cleansing of sin, which is not hard because there are so many other aspects of baptism. I prefer to focus on the joining in Christ’s death and resurrectio [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 17, 2024
I live in a city with a large and visible population of chronically unhoused people, the result of an expensive and limited housing market as well as other issues. Oftentimes, I pray Morning Prayer with a podcast while I am walking my dog, and this v [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 16, 2024
As someone who is active on social media, this verse from Ephesians is convicting. Whether talking or typing, expressing ourselves is innate and can also be impulsive. The desire to make a joke or comment on a current event in a cynical or denigratin [...]
- God in the Past and Present - May 20, 2024
It had been years since we left the Oregon town where we raised our family. We’d made great memories there, and the visit reminded me of moments I’d forgotten: our girls’ soccer games, our old home, church gatherings, and our friends’ Mexican [...] - Making God Known - May 19, 2024
A love for God and for people undergirds Kathryn’s Bible translating work. She rejoices when women in India come to a deeper understanding of Scripture, reading it in their mother tongue. She remarks that when they do, “They often start cheering [...] - Called and Equipped by God - May 18, 2024
“Your job for the international book expo,” my boss informed me, “is to organize an onsite radio broadcast.” I felt fear because this was new territory for me. God, I’ve never done anything like this, I prayed. Please help me. God provided [...] - A Change of Venue - May 17, 2024
My friend Joann passed away from a stroke just as the coronavirus began to spread in 2020. At first her family published that her memorial service would be at her church, but then it was determined it was best to hold it at a funeral home to control [...]
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