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Christianity Made Easy
Today's reflection by Quinn Caldwell: You know what would make Christianity a lot easier? Doing away with the whole forgiveness thing. But then, what would be the point?
Finding
Today's reflection by Bill Green: We have within us traces of divine love and strength. These come to light in our relationships with one another when something of the spirit of Christ breaks through guarded habits and fixed dispositions.
Swim Toward the Vortex
Today's reflection by Donna Schaper: Time after time we forget the dry ground and think we are drowning. Time after time, we forget what the stones of our ancestors mean, which is that Israel was first bound, then free.
Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones?
Today's reflection by Kenneth Samuel: As the children of Israel pressed toward their long-anticipated future, God instructed them to take up the stones of their past and tell the next generation about where they had been . . . and how they got over.
That's What God is Like
Today's reflection by Ron Buford: Imagine the smell and taste of fresh daily bread, kneaded by our hands, infused with the yeast of God's grace, shared among many. That's what God is like.
The Phantoms of 14th Street
As in the dances of George Balanchine, the meaning is in the movement itself.
The Temptation to Judge
Today's reflection by Lillian Daniel: Jesus, give me strength when the devil tempts me with ridicule and criticism. I'm trying to follow you instead.
Shaken
Today's reflection by Anthony Robinson: Maybe, Jesus wants that for us too? To be so shaken that we feel other's suffering as our own? So shaken that we are overwhelmed by ordinary kindness?
Freedom's Flight
Today's reflection by Felix Carrion: So, God, I will again pray and play in the abandon and the delight of freedom’s flight.
Running Back and Forth
Today's reflection by Donna Schaper: O God, when we fail to make choices, tell us the secret of a focused life.
Thou Art With Me
Today's reflection by Martin Copenhaver: God, I am so grateful that there is no road I might take that I must travel alone.
A Sense of Entitlement
Today's reflection by Anthony Robinson: Time and again Jesus said there will be surprises: the last shall be first, strangers and outsiders will enter God's presence before the insiders.
Losing at the Very End
Today's reflection by Kenneth Samuel: Lord, help us to be grateful for your sustenance in dry places. And since we never know how close we are to the fulfillment of our dreams, help us to not allow our doubts to sabotage the desires of our hearts.
Reckoning
Today's reflection by Quinn Caldwell: I want to have faith in God alone for my salvation. I want to be able to say that my faith in God is the primary motivator for the shape of my days, the disbursements from my checking account, the way I spend my time.
The Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living
Today's reflection from Kenneth Samuel: Faith to believe in God’s ability to make dreams come true in our lifetime is what gives gay people the impetus to marry and women the impetus to seek entry into clubs for men only and a black man the impetus to run for President of the United States.
“God’s Roofers”
Today's reflection by Talitha Arnold: Gracious God, may we find ways to be your hands and your heart in all we do today and always.
Are You Worth Imitating?
Today's reflection by Lillian Daniel: On this day I do not pray to be perfect, but I pray to be forgiven. And remind me, Holy Spirit, that people are indeed watching what I do and say.
Whom Shall I Fear?
Today's reflection by Abigail Hastings: O God, teach us your way in the days we confront and are confounded by our adversaries; let our hearts take courage as we wait upon your merciful goodness.
Anxious or Alert?
Today's reflection by Anthony Robinson: Wake us to the extraordinary beauty of life, to the ingenuity and goodness we encounter daily in others, to the opportunities we have to do useful work and contribute, to the mystery of your persistent grace, and to the sheer gift of being here.
Your Ordination
Today's reflection by Quinn Caldwell: Here’s what priests do: they help the world know that God is alive, that blessings abound, that love will win. It’s what you were ordained for; now go for it.
Silence
Today's reflection by Bill Green: Ever-present God, turn my silence into reverence. You work through me, beyond words, helping me to do what needs doing.
Do You Know Who You Are?
Today's reflection by David M. Powers: I’d say the devil is still at it. Still needling, still enticing, still playing on self-doubts and uncertainties. But the Bible is still at it, too. Still always ready to give you and me something grander to live for.
God is still listening,
Today's reflection by Ron Buford: Remember the intensity with which you have run to save those you love. Imagine the intensity of God’s love in action that makes even your best efforts seem like indifference by comparison.
Welcome Home
Today's reflection by Martin Copenhaver: If the home in which you live is a sanctuary or roiled with conflict, grand or plain, a real place or merely the stuff of dreams, we all have the same gracious home in God.
Bricks Without Straw
Today's reflection by Tony Robinson: As a society we've pretty much said to people who are gay and lesbian, "Make bricks without straw." Make a sane life without any of the usual supports. It's time to leave Egypt behind.
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