Daily Devotionals
To Forgive…
August 21, 2020 DAILY READING 1 John 2:7-17 Psalm 119:1-8 FIELD NOTES Look, we can all admit that relationships are hard. People mistreat you. They gossip about you. They attack your character. Perhaps…
It Was Us All Along
August 20, 2020 DAILY READING James 1:12-16 Psalm 119:1-8 FIELD NOTES “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work…
Recognition
August 19, 2020 DAILY READING John 8:12-30 Psalm 119:105-112 FIELD NOTES Scholar N.T. Wright says about Jesus in his study, John for Everyone: “He and his father are giving evidence that…
Not Abandoned
August 18, 2020 DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 4:1-12 Psalm 119:105-112 FIELD NOTES Is there anything worse than the feeling of hopelessness? I am hard-pressed to think of a worse feeling. And yet,…
We Are Not Special
August 17, 2020 DAILY READING Romans 11: 2-10 Psalm 119:105-112 FIELD NOTES This sobering passage reminds us of this simple truth: we are not special. Sometimes our desires for ourselves…
A Simple Slip
August 15, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:13 – “When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.” FIELD NOTES While most died, attempting “going…
Dealing with Temptations
August 14, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:13 – “When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.” FIELD NOTES To avoid temptation, a seventeen-year-old…
Shoulda! Woulda! Coulda!
August 13, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 9:62 – Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” FIELD…
Quick Fixes?
August 12, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:1-13 (Jesus faced three temptations in the wilderness.) FIELD NOTES Wanna a quick fix? We want instant cures to Covid-19, the end of all discrimination,…
Led by the Spirit
August 11, 2020 DAILY READING Luke 4:1-2 – Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he…