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The Great I Am View in browser August 30, 2022 The Great I Am Kaji Douša God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” – Exodus 3:14 (NRSV) Families like mine teach: Remember who you are. And whose you are. Meanwhile, this world is designed to make you forget who you are as it … Read more

Daily Devotional for Small Group Discussion: Communion’s Politics View in browser August 29, 2022 Communion’s Politics Mary Luti “Do you want to honor Christ’s body? Then do not honor him in church while neglecting him outside where he is cold and naked. For he who said: ‘This is my body,’ also said: ‘You saw me … Read more

Showing Up View in browser August 28, 2022 Showing Up Martha Spong Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great; for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. – Proverbs 25:6-7 (NRSV) Recently … Read more

Be a Star, Not an Idol View in browser August 27, 2022 Be a Star, Not an Idol Lillian Daniel Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars … Read more

The Prodigal Parent View in browser August 26, 2022 The Prodigal Parent Matt Laney “The son said, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put … Read more

The Big Payback View in browser August 25, 2022 The Big Payback Kenneth L. Samuel Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. – 1 Peter 3:9 (NLT) I’ll admit it. I like rocking to James Brown’s mega hit, “The Payback.” The beat … Read more

Intersectionality and Periwinkles? View in browser August 24, 2022 Intersectionality and Periwinkles? Donna Schaper God owns the planet and all its riches; the earth and every creature belong to God. – Psalm 24:1 (adapted) Jill Lapore, wrote in The New Yorker, March 19, 2018, about Rachel Carson: “[Her] house, on an island in Maine, perches … Read more

The Wonder of It All View in browser August 23, 2022 The Wonder of It All Talitha Arnold When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? – … Read more

Daily Devotional for Small Group Discussion: Eternal Life View in browser August 22, 2022 Eternal Life Kaji Douša “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” – Luke 18:18 (NRSV) (Content warning for violence.) I made myself breakfast this morning. While I poured my baby’s cereal and got out of my beloved’s path … Read more

Can I Take It Pass/Fail? View in browser August 21, 2022 Can I Take It Pass/Fail? John Edgerton You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not … Read more