Daily Devotionals

December 17, 2020 DAILY READING A Reading from a sermon of Bernard of Clairvaux [1090-1153; Benedictine who founded the Cistercian Order FIELD NOTES “…something superlative was needed in the beginning…

December 16, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 1:26-45 FIELD NOTES In Reflections for Advent and Christmas: Waiting in Joyful Hope 2009-2010 Robert Morneau writes: “One senses a close; intimate relationship between Mary and…

December 15, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 1:13-25 Elizabeth Luke 1:26-38 Mary Luke 1:39-56 Elizabeth And Mary FIELD NOTES Continuing in Silence And Other Surprising Invitations Of Advent [2012], Enuma Okoro writes “In…

December 14, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 1:5-25 FIELD NOTES In Silence And Other Surprising Invitations Of Advent [2012], Enuma Okoro focuses her devotional guide on the story of the priest, Zechariah and…

December 12, 2020 Isaiah 40:1-11 NIV Comfort for God’s People 40 Comfort, comfort my people,    says your God.2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,    and proclaim to herthat her hard service has been completed,    that her sin has been paid…

December 11, 2020 Just some questions for you today: What is holding you back in your faith? What steps can you take this Advent season to grow in your faith?…

December 10, 2020 DAILY READING Mark 1:1-8 FIELD NOTES How often do I forget about the power of God? How often do I go so far as to even ignore…

December 9, 2020 DAILY READING 2 Peter 3:8-15a FIELD NOTES God’s timing is not the same as ours. Common Hymnal, a worship movement, says in their song, He Has Time,…

December 8, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 FIELD NOTES God is good. His goodness comes through in all sorts of ways in our world. My favorite taste of God’s…

December 7, 2020 DAILY READING Isaiah 40:1-11 FIELD NOTES All things end. As we are in this second week, we anxiously await the end of this pandemic which has changed…