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Go Up and Pray
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. // Luke 6:12 I fall in and out of the habit of intentionally...
Put on the Armor of God
Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. // Ephesians 6:13 Last...
When We Feel We Don't Deserve
[B]e obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ, not only when being watched, as currying favor, but as slaves of Christ,...
Love and Real Respect
Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. // Ephesians 5:21 I used to bristle at the scripture found in the first selection for today's reading. As a...
You Don’t Have to Do it All
He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season. // Psalm 1:1-3 “You’re trying to do too much.” This blunt but much needed...
Humility Is the Entire Point
“But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me...
God's Special Call for You
Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. // Ephesians 4:7 The eyes of all the little faces on our various icons of the...
Brought in with Friendship
[L]ive in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love. // Ephesians 4:1-2 “They weren’t asking...
Already Ablaze in My Heart
“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” // Luke 12:49 The Readings today are vivid in promise and imagery. Saint...
Beauty Changes Everything
To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ. // Ephesians 3:8 “I have a...
Completing the Proclamation
But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed. // 2 Timothy 4:17 Walking across a dark campus following my...
All the Political Email Forwards
The Lord made us, we belong to him. // Psalm 100:3 It was a hotly contested election season and all I received from this well-intended friend was forwards. Forwarded emails...
