Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 26 (NRSV, The Message); Obadiah 17-21 (NRSV, The Message); Luke 16:19-31 (NRSV, The Message) With divisiveness--and anxiety about that divisiveness--at an all-time high...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 26 (NRSV, The Message); Obadiah 6-10 (NRSV, The Message); Revelation 8:1-5 (NRSV, The Message) Compassion grows when we are able to know ourselves and one another on a ...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 26 (NRSV, The Message); Obadiah 1-9 (NRSV, The Message); Revelation 7:9-17 (NRSV, The Message) The word "kindness" originally developed from a root word that meant "fam...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 90:12-17 (NRSV, The Message); Deuteronomy 5:1-21 (NRSV, The Message); Hebrews 3:7-19 (NRSV, The Message) The word "kindness" originally developed from a root word that ...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 112 (NRSV, The Message); Jeremiah 3:6-14 (NRSV, The Message); Matthew 5:27-36 (NRSV, The Message) The "purple space" is where we cultivate kindness, compassion, humilit...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 112 (NRSV, The Message); Deuteronomy 24:1-5 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 (NRSV, The Message) The Golden Rule in scripture challenges us to engage in conve...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 112 (NRSV, The Message); Deuteronomy 22:13-20 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Corinthians 7:1-9 (NRSV, The Message) The Golden Rule in scripture challenges us to engage in conve...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 8 (NRSV, The Message); Genesis 2:18-24 (NRSV, The Message); Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 (NRSV, The Message); Mark 10:2-16 (NRSV, The Message) Today we begin a 5 week series o...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 11 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Kings 5:13-18 (NRSV, The Message); Ephesians 5:21-6:9 (NRSV, The Message) King Solomon conscripted forced labor out of all Israel; the levy nu...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 57 (NRSV, The Message); 2 Samuel 15:13-31 (NRSV, The Message); Ephesians 5:1-14 (NRSV, The Message) Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn pro...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 51:1-12 (NRSV, The Message); Judges 6:1-10 (NRSV, The Message); Matthew 16:5-12 (NRSV, The Message) Haven’t you realized yet that bread isn’t the problem?Matthew 16:11 ...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 51:1-12 (NRSV, The Message); Joshua 23:1-16 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Corinthians 11:27-34 (NRSV, The Message) Joshua, speaking to the people of Israel:...and you have see...  Read More