Morning Devotional 1.6.2026

โ€œDo not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of Godโ€”what is good and acceptable and perfect.โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUE This isnโ€™t outer work, this is about deep, inner transformation, discerning Godโ€™s Will, growing outside of conformity, becoming closer to …

Morning Devotional

โ€œThen he said to them, โ€œThe Sabbath was made for humankind and not humankind for the Sabbath,โ€โ€ญโ€ญMarkโ€ฌ โ€ญ2โ€ฌ:โ€ญ27โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Iโ€™m taking on intentionality this year, including a commitment to slowing down on sabbath. We do not honor rest as we should. Sabbath rest means intentionally ceasing from work and labor to rest, refresh the soul, …

Old Year’s Night-This Year, There Will Be Fire

New Yearโ€™s Eve portends a year of hopeful questions. Old Yearโ€™s Night is the last day of an answering year. In every case, the answer is the same. If it didnโ€™t kill you, no matter what it was, you will never fear it again.  Old Yearโ€™s Nights prepare for New Yearโ€™s Days by way of …

Morning Devotional 12.30.2025

โ€œSo if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!โ€โ€ญโ€ญ2 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ17โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Resilient. After many years filled with heartbreak and grief, 2025 tried to extinguish my flame. It intended to vanquish me. I enfolded myself more tightly into the arms of …

Morning Devotional 12.24.2025

โ€œesteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Thessaloniansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ13โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ This is not the Christmas Eve I envisioned. I do not have all of my loved ones around me. I am missing those who should be here.Even so, I give thanks that things are as well as …

Morning Devotional 12.23.2025

โ€œThe heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not harm all the days of her life.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ31โ€ฌ:โ€ญ11โ€ฌ-โ€ญ12โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ Beloved, it wasnโ€™t supposed to end like this (and yet it did). Nevertheless, I am here and you are gone. I havenโ€™t spent a …

Morning Devotional 12.22.2025

โ€œGod will bless you, if you don't give up when your faith is being tested. He will reward you with a glorious life, just as he rewards everyone who loves him.โ€โ€ญโ€ญJamesโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ12โ€ฌ โ€ญCEVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Steadfastness. Stubbornness. Desperation. Fierce Faith. Iโ€™ve got Jacob energy. I steadfastly REFUSE to let go, give up, to miss what God has …

Morning Devotional 12.15.2025

โ€œMoses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that โ€œthe person who does these things will live by them.โ€ But what does it say? โ€œThe word is near you, in your mouth and in your heartโ€ (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),โ€โ€ญโ€ญRomansโ€ฌ โ€ญ10โ€ฌ:โ€ญ5โ€ฌ, โ€ญ8โ€ฌ โ€ญNRSVUEโ€ฌโ€ฌ The word is near, in …