Easter Sunday
Love Letter from Yǎ Wēi Pó-Po just then I went to clean your room, sweep the floor. now listen – these hand that smell of garlic and look like maps pull so tight the seam of all creation to be close to you. after all, you...
Read MoreCategory: Our Daily Rice: Lent 2018 Devotional
Good Friday
What’s so good about death? God faced death. Moving into the depth of human struggle, the darkest corners of the human experience, God died. Isn’t that about the sweetest expression of love? To go to your darkest places with...
Read MoreLent Day 38 | John 21
Today’s reading: John 21 The Church often emphasizes The Great Commission, where Jesus calls his disciples to go forth to all the nations to spread the good news and make disciples as Jesus’ final and most important...
Read MoreLent Day 37 | John 20:19-31
Today’s reading: John 20:19-31 Dear God, Thank you for this day as we near the conclusion of Lent. Help remind us that it is through your example that we seek justice, and through you we find hope. But also help us...
Read MoreLent Day 36 | John 20:1-18
Today’s reading: John 20:1-18 Mary came to the tomb before sunrise. She’s alone when the angels ask her why she’s weeping. It’s likely that in her grief she didn’t realize who they were or why their...
Read MoreLent Day 35 | John 19
Today’s reading: John 19 God, open our souls and our bodies to a new understanding of this old story. Amen. I have this memory from my third grade Sunday school class. We were given a big, thick metal nail, and the story...
Read MoreLent Day 34 | Selah!
Today’s reading: Isaiah 41:18-20 Please meditate on the above song and dance as we synthesize our journey this past week and our theme, Isaiah 41:18-20. Created by: Hesed Kim “Up to the Mountain” by Patty...
Read MoreLent Day 33 | John 18:28-40
My Kingdom is Not of this World Today’s reading: John 18:28-40 God, I praise you for the story You tell, the ultimate wonder tale You invited us to become part of. I praise You for a Kingdom with doors wide open. Show us...
Read MoreLent Day 32 | John 18:1-27
Truth-telling is Today’s reading: John 18:1-27 Jesus, Something is very, very wrong in your church right now. Your church is being hijacked. I’m made to feel alone and in the wrong. But I believe you’d also want this wrong...
Read MoreLent Day 31 | John 17
Today’s reading: John 17 Protect us, O Lord, from those who would do us harm. Help us live out of the deep reality of who we truly are, and to whom we belong, that we may work to make this world a place in which everyone...
Read MoreLent Day 30 | John 16
http://paacmagtest.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Day-30-VIDEO-Charlene-Choi-Rodin.mp4 Today’s reading: John 16 God, envelop me in grace and patience as I delve into discovery and truth. Let me find freedom in...
Read MoreLent Day 29 | John 15
The Ground of Our Faiths Today’s reading: John 15 Gracious God, in order that the children of earth might discern good from evil, you sent your Son to be light of the world. As Christ shines upon us, may we learn what...
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