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The Days That Are Gone

Daily Devotional • September 10 A Reading from Job 29:1-20 1 Job again took up his discourse and said: 2 “O that I were as in the...

Christ in the World (Pentecost 17, Year B)

September 15 | Pentecost 17, Year B Prov. 1:20-33 or Isa. 50:4-9a Ps. 19 or Wis. 7:26-8:1 or Ps. 116:1-8 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38 Ask any teacher. Students who...

Seeing Is Not Believing

Daily Devotional • September 9 A Reading from John 10:19-30 19 Again the Jews were divided because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying,...

Job’s Raised Fist

Daily Devotional • September 8 A Reading from Job 25:1-6, 27:1-6 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: 2 “Dominion and fear are with God;     he makes...

Coming In and Going Out

Daily Devotional • September 7 A Reading from John 10:1-18 1 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate...

In God’s Hand

Daily Devotional • September 6 Psalm 31 1 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;     do not let me ever be put to shame;    ...

Imago Dei

Daily Devotional • September 5 A Reading from John 9:1-17 1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked...

Faith, Hope, and Presence

Daily Devotional • September 4 A Reading from Job 12:1, 14:1-22 1 Then Job answered: “A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble, 2...

Loving the Bible, Part 2: Teaching Others to Love Scripture

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two essays on loving scripture. The first is here. Because I did not receive good biblical formation as...

Walking in Covenant with God

Daily Devotional • September 3 1 Vindicate me, O Lord,     for I have walked in my integrity,     and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. 2 Prove me, O...

Loving the Bible, Part 1: Learning to Love Scripture

If I may paraphrase Mark Twain: Suppose you grew up in a mainline Protestant church in the United States near the close of the...

He Lifts Up the Lowly (Pent. 16, Year B)

Sometimes an ethical injunction that may seem obvious has been passed down precisely because it was once far from obvious.

Choosing Trust Over Understanding

Daily Devotional • September 2 A Reading from Job 12:1-6, 13-25 1 Then Job answered: 2 “No doubt you are the people,     and wisdom will die...

A Thicker Constellation of Vocation

It’s become commonplace to talk about vocation. In many ordination processes, the discerner is expected to articulate their vocation to the priesthood. Many college...

Blessedness

Daily Devotional • September 1 A Reading from Job 11:1-9, 13-20 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: 2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,     and...

This Light

Daily Devotional • August 31 A Reading from Job 9:1; 10:1-9, 16-22 1 Then Job answered: 1 “I loathe my life;     I will give free utterance to my...

Longing

Daily Devotional • August 30 A Reading from Job 9:1-15, 32-35 1 Then Job answered: 2 “Indeed, I know that this is so,     but how can...

Crying Out to the Lord

Daily Devotional • August 29 Psalm 18:1-20 1 I love you, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,    ...

Way of Life

Daily Devotional • August 28 A Reading from Acts 10:1-16 1 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as...

The Night Watch

Daily Devotional • August 27 Psalm 6 1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger     or discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be gracious...

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