Daily Devotionals
Sharing Our Resources
October 31, 2018 DAILY READING Matthew 14:13-21This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:13-21 FIELD NOTES Tonight’s Trick-or-treating produces more children from our own neighborhoods at our doors than we see throughout the…
Counting Jesus
October 30, 2018 DAILY READING Matthew 14:13-21This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:13-21 FIELD NOTES Jesus had compassion on the crowd and told the disciples to feed the people. So, the disciples…
The Fear of Gaining
October 29, 2018 DAILY READING Matthew 25:14-30This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:13-21 FIELD NOTES The passage this morning is a part of a trilogy of stories about accountability. Three employees are…
I Once Was Blind, But Now I See
October 27, 2018 DAILY READING Mark 8:22-26This weekend’s reading: Matthew 25:14-30 FIELD NOTES Jesus healed a blind man’s eyes with his saliva and his touch. Can you imagine the change…
Repairing the Walls
October 26, 2018 DAILY READING Nehemiah 1:1-11This weekend’s reading: Matthew 25:14-30 FIELD NOTES After Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BC, the Temple was laid waste and the…
Try It, You’ll Like It
October 25, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 34:1-8This weekend’s reading: Matthew 25:14-30 FIELD NOTES When my children were small, we had a rule at our dinner table — you didn’t have…
You Know It, Now Do It
October 24, 2018 DAILY READING John 13:1-17This weekend’s reading: Matthew 25:14-30 FIELD NOTES When I was in high school at a small private Christian school, my New Testament teacher did…
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Hands
October 23, 2018 DAILY READING Mark 10:23-27This weekend’s reading: Matthew 25:14-30 FIELD NOTES Ten years ago this summer I went to South Africa on a mission trip with our church….
The Man Who Had (Almost) Everything
October 22, 2018 DAILY READING Mark 10:17-31This weekend’s reading: Matthew 25:14-30 FIELD NOTES The story of the rich young ruler is a saga of a man who had everything. He had…
Ordinary Radicals
October 20, 2018 DAILY READING Mark 10:17-27This weekend’s reading: Mark 10:17-27 FIELD NOTES From the book Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals— A Prayer:Lord, let your servant now rest in…