Daily Devotionals
A Pure Heart
February 27, 2020 DAILY READINGS Psalm 51This weekend’s reading:Job 1:6-12 FIELD NOTES From Psalm 51:Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me from…
Ash Wednesday
February 26, 2020 DAILY READINGS Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21This weekend’s reading:Job 1:6-12 FIELD NOTES 6:1 “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then…
Testing God
February 25, 2020 DAILY READINGS Psalm 78This weekend’s reading:Job 1:6-12 FIELD NOTES I remember watching some show on the Discovery channel when I was younger. It was back when Kevlar…
Holy Ground
February 24, 2020 DAILY READINGS Acts 7:30-34This weekend’s reading:Job 1:6-12 FIELD NOTES In Stephen’s speech, we see in our text him invoking Moses’ encounter with the burning bush. It includes…
The Upside-Down Leadership of the Gospel
February 17, 2020 DAILY READINGS Psalm 1001 Peter 5:1-5This weekend’s reading: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 FIELD NOTES When most people think about the world’s great leaders, they imagine figures that can command…
All-In
February 8, 2020 DAILY READINGS Matthew 15:1-9Psalm 119:1-8 This weekend’s reading:Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 FIELD NOTES We can do everything right. We can go through the motions perfectly. We can obey every…
To Forgive…
February 7, 2020 DAILY READINGS 1 John 2:7-17Psalm 119:1-8 This weekend’s reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 FIELD NOTES Look, we can all admit that relationships are hard. People mistreat you. They gossip…
It Was Us All Along
February 6, 2020 DAILY READINGS James 1:12-16Psalm 119:1-8This weekend’s reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 FIELD NOTES “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality…
Recognition
February 5, 2020 DAILY READINGSJohn 8:12-30Psalm 119:105-112 This weekend’s reading:Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 FIELD NOTES Scholar N.T. Wright says about Jesus in his book, John for Everyone: “He and his father are…
Not Abandoned
February 4, 2020 DAILY READINGS2 Corinthians 4:1-12Psalm 119:105-112 This weekend’s reading:Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 FIELD NOTES Is there anything worse than the feeling of hopelessness? I am hard-pressed to think of a…