Daily Devotionals

December 5, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19Isaiah 40:1-11John 1:19-28 FIELD NOTES Isaiah 40 is perhaps the most beautiful text that is traditionally read during Advent. We hear parts of…

December 4, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19Isaiah 30:19-26Acts 13:16-25 FIELD NOTES In Acts 13 Paul is preaching to people who know the Hebrew scriptures, and he shows them how…

December 3, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19Isaiah 4:2-6Acts 1:12-17, 21-26 FIELD NOTES Mark Twain once said, “Don’t waste good money finding your family tree. Go into politics and someone…

December 2, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 124Isaiah 54:1-10Matthew 24:23-35 FIELD NOTES In the Jewish Sabbath prayer, the mother prays at the table, “Blessed art thou, Adonai, Mighty God, Creator of the universe….

December 1, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 124Genesis 9:1-17Hebrews 11:32-40 FIELD NOTES Hebrews 11 begins: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” In…

November 30, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 124Genesis 8:1-19Romans 6:1-11 FIELD NOTES Today’s readings are about Noah’s flood and our baptism. These are not the usual just-before-Christmas themes, but they lead…

November 28, 2020 Luke 17:11-19 NIV Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into…

November 27, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 17:11-19 FIELD NOTES GK Chesterton says: “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by…

November 26, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 17:11-19 FIELD NOTES Thomas Merton once said: “To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us –…

November 25, 2020 Luke 17:11-19 NIV Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into…