The Practice of Belonging
The eternal words of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu really help me with both the Read More
Today's Disciplines Devotion
We begin this week of devotions deep down in the depths of despair—of Abraham’s and of our own—as we read of the patriarch being called by God to sacrifice his son...
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I wonder what it felt like for John to know that he was just the warm-up act for Jesus. All his preaching and ministry were never more than prelude, setting the...
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John the Baptist would make a lousy guest preacher. Rather than commending the piety of all the good religious people who had come to hear him, he deprecates their integrity, promises...
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“It’s going to turn out fine” was the last thing I wanted to hear as I shoved the last of our boxes into a moving van, saying goodbye to the new...
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Today is the beginning of Advent, the season of preparation for the coming of Christ! How fitting, then, that Psalm 122 is a song of pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The writer asks...
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My spouse has told me often of his father’s favorite scripture. (It is not from today’s reading, but there is a link between them.) The favorite text was, “Always be prepared...
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Do you ever get so involved in something that you lose touch with where you are or what day it is? Most of us do that from time to time. We...
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One historical United States tradition is Thanksgiving Day, observed the fourth Thursday in November. There is food to prepare, there are tables to be set, a feast to be shared, family...
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The Letter to the Romans was written by Paul, who had been a zealous persecutor of Christians until he quite literally “saw the light” and became a Christian himself (see Acts...
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Psalm 122 is about pilgrimage—a journey to a place of religious importance. This pilgrimage is an opportunity to join others and travel together to Jerusalem to worship in the Temple. Imagine...
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This passage records what Isaiah saw and heard regarding the future of Judah and Jerusalem. If you go to Jerusalem, you will see that the Temple Mount area is not level...
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