Daily Devotionals

DAILY READING Psalm 77 Nehemiah 9:9-15 Romans 14:13-15:2 FIELD NOTES The book of Nehemiah tells the story of the newly returned Israelites from exile. The fragile community suffers under the…

DAILY READING Psalm 77 Joshua 3:1-17 Hebrews 11:23-29 FIELD NOTES When I was a hospice chaplain, one of my patients was a 97-year-old woman from Jamaica named Betty. Talking with…

DAILY READING Matthew 6:7-15 FIELD NOTES Again, from The Voice translation: 9 Your prayers, rather, should be simple, like this:     Our Father in heaven,         let Your name remain holy. 10      Bring about Your…

DAILY READING Exodus 14:1-18 FIELD NOTES The Israelites are free.  They are on their journey away from Egypt.  And Pharaoh changes his mind.  He has lost his workforce.  He must get them back.  So he…

DAILY READING 1 John 3:11-16 FIELD NOTES Michael Gungor, a Christian musician and author, recently made a statement on social media that was relevant to today’s passage.  He said:  “Love is…

DAILY READING Exodus 13:1-10 FIELD NOTES We’ve all been through hard times.  Some harder than others.  Our question today is: how do we remember those moments when God brought us through hard…

DAILY READING Exodus 12:29-42 FIELD NOTES How many times have you read the story of the Exodus?  How many times have you heard it taught in Sunday School, or worship?  I have…

DAILY READING Psalm 121 FIELD NOTES Today, I want to highlight a different translation of this familiar Psalm.  This is from The Voice translation: A song for those journeying to worship.1 I look…

DAILY READING Matthew 23:29-36 FIELD NOTES Jesus doesn’t mince words in today’s passage.  His infamous “Seven Woes” speech is pretty cutting against the Pharisees.  Here he calls them out for their belief…

DAILY READING Psalm 149 FIELD NOTES What does the word praise mean to you?   When I was a child, I would sit in the pews at church during the hymns…