Daily Devotionals
Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
August 10, 2018 DAILY READING Genesis 1:26-31Psalm 8This weekend’s reading: Genesis 1:26-31 FIELD NOTES If God loves us, why do bad things happen to us? In a mirror, you see an…
To Die For…
August 9, 2018 DAILY READING Genesis 1:26-31Psalm 8This weekend’s reading: Genesis 1:26-31 FIELD NOTES After Ryan’s birth at 10:30 p.m. to two of our church members, several of us, waiting…
Help-Mates
August 8, 2018 DAILY READING Genesis 1:26-31Psalm 8This weekend’s reading: Genesis 1:26-31 FIELD NOTES Ever said something that was interpreted the opposite of what you meant? In his first speech…
Loving People – Flaws and All
August 7, 2018 DAILY READING Genesis 1:26-31Psalm 8This weekend’s reading: Genesis 1:26-31 FIELD NOTES Through forty-nine years of officiating weddings, one thing that usually happens is the father of the…
How We Look at Others
August 6, 2018 DAILY READING Genesis 1:26-31Psalm 8This weekend’s reading: Genesis 1:26-31 FIELD NOTES While eating with a church member and her friend, I discovered her friend was Elvis Presley’s…
Beware of the Yeast
August 4, 2018 DAILY READING Matthew 16:5-12This weekend’s reading: Matthew 6:25-33 FIELD NOTES From the New Living Translation: Yeast of the Pharisees and SadduceesLater, after they crossed to the other…
Prayer for Pardon
August 3, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 51:1-12This weekend’s reading: Matthew 6:25-33 FIELD NOTES Psalm 51:1-12 from the Voice translation: Look on me with a heart of mercy, O God, according to…
Forgiveness
August 2, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 51:10This weekend’s reading: Matthew 6:25-33 FIELD NOTES A story shared by Richard Rohr on today’s reading “Among the most powerful of human experiences is…
Communion
August 1, 2018 DAILY READING Isaiah 25:6-10This weekend’s reading: Matthew 6:25-33 FIELD NOTES I was talking to someone the other day about how we often take communion without really thinking…
Mistakes
July 31, 2018 DAILY READING 2 Samuel 11:22-27This weekend’s reading: Matthew 6:25-33 FIELD NOTES David is often lauded as one of God’s greatest followers in the Old Testament, but his…