Daily Devotionals
Under the Tree
July 18, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 142Amos 9:11-15This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:22-32 FIELD NOTES Several years ago, we lived in a house that had a patio bordered by a large…
Great Expectations
July 17, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 142Acts 23:12-35This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:22-32 FIELD NOTES Today’s passage from Acts reads like an action movie — complete with intrigue, a plotted assassination…
Written in the Stars
July 16, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 142Amos 5:1-9This weekend’s reading: Matthew 14:22-32 FIELD NOTES One of the first constellations I learned to identify in the dark winter sky was Orion….
Majesty
July 14, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 19This weekend’s reading: Proverbs 2:1-10 FIELD NOTES “If we are to pray well, we too must discover the Lord to whom we speak, and if we…
Assurance
July 13, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 23This weekend’s reading: Proverbs 2:1-10 FIELD NOTES “History instructs us, the law teaches us, prophecy foretells, correction punishes, morality persuades, but the book of psalms goes…
Presence
July 12, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 139This weekend’s reading: Proverbs 2:1-10 FIELD NOTES “All of the psalms are designed to teach us one thing… to worship. These psalms reflect every human…
Abandonment and Despair
July 11, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 13This weekend’s reading: Proverbs 2:1-9 FIELD NOTES The following is an excerpt from Henri Nouwen’s Uncensored Prayer: “Prayer, first of all, is crying out to…
Instruction
July 10, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 15This weekend’s reading: Proverbs 2:1-9 FIELD NOTES “All books of Scripture, both Old Testament and New, are inspired by God and useful for instruction, as…
Praise | July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 24This weekend’s reading: Proverbs 2:1-9 FIELD NOTES “At the center of the Bible is the book of Psalms. This great collection of songs and prayers…
Pushing Back Against Death
JULy 7, 2018 DAILY READING Matthew 8:18-22This weekend’s reading: Colossians 2:6-15 FIELD NOTES So often it seems, we give up too soon, weary from our work that bears so little results….