Back then my main goal was to pick songs that did not require changing the capo on my guitar.
Tuesday • 6/11/2024 •
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Virtual Church
“Online church?”
“You mean ‘virtual’ church? ‘Almost’ church?”
Monday • 6/10/2024 •
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A Listening Faith
Keep your eyes on me, and you’ll be OK. Pay attention to the storm around you, and you’ll sink.
Friday • 6/7/2024 •
Friday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 40; Psalm 54; Ecclesiastes 5:1-7; Galatians 3:15-22; Matthew 14:22-36
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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A Sacred Sustenance for Souls
For Ecclesiastes, the most obvious dead end is death itself. The Bible provides answers to questions that the book of Ecclesiastes raises.
Thursday • 6/6/2024 •
Thursday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 50; Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:3; Galatians 3:1-14; Matthew 14:13-21
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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A Broader Horizon
How lovely it would be to be so perfectly attuned to the need of any moment that you instinctively know whether to plant or pluck… be quiet or speak up… make war or make peace.
Wednesday • 6/5/2024 •
Wednesday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 119:49-72; Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; Galatians 2:11-21; Matthew 14:1-12
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1-3,11a,14c,18-19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68-79, BCP, p. 92)
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God's Good Timing
Let me commend to you two ways to pray for God’s good timing.
Tuesday • 6/4/2024 •
Tuesday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 45; Ecclesiastes 2:16-26; Galatians 1:18–2:10; Matthew 13:53-58
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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Life with Faith
His kingdom is “treasure in a hidden field” — worth selling all you have to buy that field so you can have that treasure.
Monday • 6/3/2024 •
Monday of the Second Week After Pentecost (Proper 4)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 41; Psalm 52; Ecclesiastes 2:1-15; Galatians 1:1-17; Matthew 13:44-52
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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Thinking Large
He challenged believers to think large so they can thank large.
Friday • 5/31/2024 •
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Happy Little Trees
His students still teach people how to paint “happy little trees.”
Thursday • 5/30/2024 •
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We Need a Change of Clothes
His Kindness melted my cold heart.
Wednesday • 5/29/2024 •
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The Peace of the Lord
“I’m glad you’re on this team. You make a big difference for us.”
Tuesday • 5/28/2024 •
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Game-Saving Wisdom
The Psalms provide a mirror for our soul.
Monday • 5/27/2024 •
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Ten Words
The worshiping church is an Ark…a place that offers refuge to sojourners “in this wicked world as in a deluge.”
Friday • 5/24/2024 •
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Be Silent and Listen
I realized why the ancients revered silence, why many sought the desert.
Thursday • 5/23/2024 •
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Telling Time by Jesus
We’re not just passing time according to the secular calendar or sports seasons.
Wednesday • 5/22/2024 •
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The Power of Song
A Place to Sanctify
The Lord has given each of us a place to sanctify.
Monday • 5/20/2024 •
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Because He...
He ushers us from the darkness of spiritual stupor and into the light of full awakening!
Friday • 5/17/2024 •
Friday of the 7th Week of Easter
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 102; Jeremiah 31:27-34; Ephesians 5:1-20; Matthew 9:9-17
This morning’s Canticles are: before the Psalm reading, Pascha Nostrum (“Christ Our Passover,” BCP, p. 83); following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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A Different Kind of People
We can be a different kind of people, through our own personal small beginnings.
Thursday • 5/16/2024 •
Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 105:1-22; Zechariah 4:1-14; Ephesians 4:17-32; Matthew 9:1-8
This morning’s Canticles are: before the Psalm reading, Pascha Nostrum (“Christ Our Passover,” BCP, p. 83); following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moss,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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A Time for Hope Once More
The church becomes the visible manifestation of Pentecost power on the earth.
Wednesday • 5/15/2024 •
Wednesday of the 7th Week of Easter
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 101; Psalm 109; Isaiah 4:2-6; Ephesians 4:1-16; Matthew 8:28-34
This morning’s Canticles are: before the Psalm reading, Pascha Nostrum (“Christ Our Passover,” BCP, p. 83); following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1–3,11a,14c,18–19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68–79, BCP, p. 92)
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