Category: Words

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Today’s reading: John 14 Thank you for this community to wrestle in life’s messiness together. In John 14, the disciples are firing their best questions at Jesus, as he continues to gently reassure and allay their...

Today’s reading: John 13 Dear God, Thank you for freeing us from the power of sin and freeing us for life in the Spirit. Please fill us with your spirit so that we may abide in Christ by faith. We pray that with this...