Morning Devotional 11.27.2025

“I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Thanks be to God for my family and friends, all the people who have cared for …

Morning Devotional 11.25.2025

“give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap, for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭38‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Give generously. Nowhere does it say empty your pockets, nor does it say only money will do. We …

Morning Devotional 11.24.2025

“for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.”‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭20‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Have you ever had the experience of saying or doing something offhandedly brilliant? I’ve learned that, for me, it’s an anointing. I can’t do that regularly on my own. I have the honor and privilege of serving …

Morning Devotional 11.21.2025

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭2‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ We were never promised that there wouldn’t be hard seasons. We were reminded that we are …

Morning Devotional 11.20.2035

Morning Devotional “But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.””‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭26‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ All things are possible (for God). Faith is not magic, and God is not a wish factory.The point of this scripture is salvation, which we cannot achieve without God. So, let’s just …

Morning Devotional 11.17.2025

“Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Contemporary and timeless. Not easy to pull off. Nonetheless, it still fits. It still works. It’s …

Morning Devotional 11.16.2025

Morning Devotional “For nothing will be impossible with God.”‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭37‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Trust can be among the hardest lessons to learn. I heard something that resonated like never before…instead of thinking that you matter entirely enough to, on your own, change God’s Plan for your life because of your human nature, remember this, you’re not that …

Morning Devotional 11.13.2025

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.”‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. I have historically reserved my gentleness, but you always knew, Beloved. I’ve been the recipient of overwhelming gentleness in my season of grief. Extending …

Morning Devotional 11.12.2025

“Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.”‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭11‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬ Ours is, at present, a fiercely divided world, but that is not WHO we have to be. What if we reached out, just a little bit, to one another? What if we behaved like we were created and …