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Don’t Stop the Streaming View in browser October 29, 2022 Don’t Stop the Streaming Lillian Daniel Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. – 1 John 3:2 (NRSV) As our churches return to in-person worship, I hear a common complaint about “all the missing people who have … Read more

Apology re: Gender Fluidity View in browser October 28, 2022 Apology re: Gender Fluidity The editorial group responsible for the Daily Devotional acknowledges with sorrow the pain caused by the devotion, “Gender Fluidity,” published October 27th. It was especially painful in the current national context of increasing cruelty toward and assault upon the humanity of … Read more

Gas Station Epiphany View in browser October 28, 2022 Gas Station Epiphany Vicki Kemper The one whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered over, is truly happy! – Psalm 32:1 (CEB) Father Gregory Boyle, founder of the gang-rehabilitation program Homeboy Industries, says, “Nothing is more important than the … kind of God we believe … Read more

Gender Fluidity View in browser October 27, 2022 Gender Fluidity Donna Schaper There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. – Galatians 3:28 (NIV) My 12-year-old grandson took me aside to tell me that he was a “they.” Their … Read more

Lonely Hunter View in browser October 26, 2022 Lonely Hunter Vince Amlin Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” – Genesis 2:18 (NRSV) Loneliness kills. Literally. People with poor social connection are more likely candidates for heart disease, … Read more

Better Together View in browser October 25, 2022 Better Together Maria Mankin Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. – Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 … Read more

Daily Devotional for Small Group Discussion: Green View in browser October 24, 2022 Green Quinn Caldwell “But God raised Jesus up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.” – Acts 2:24 (NRSV) On a hill just outside Ithaca, NY, there is a meadow. It looks … Read more

Rain in the Forecast View in browser October 23, 2022 Rain in the Forecast Rachel Hackenberg O children, be glad and rejoice in God, who has poured down for you abundant rain. The threshing floor shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. I am your God, and you shall … Read more

Recipe for Desperate Times View in browser October 22, 2022 Recipe for Desperate Times Jennifer Garrison The king commanded all the people, “Keep the passover to the Lord your God as prescribed in this book of the covenant.” No such passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, even during … Read more

Even More Apples View in browser October 21, 2022 Even More Apples Martha Spong You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with richness. – Psalm 65:11 (NRSVue) My family participates in a CSA (community-supported agriculture), and one of the abiding pleasures is reading the Monday email announcing what we can pick … Read more