Growing up, I had clear rules with thick lines. I had rules at Mom’s house. Different rules at Dad’s house. I had a couple of church friends, a handful of school friends, and my summer camp friends, who were my best friends. I’d show up and live into whatever role was expected of me. In church, there was an extremely clear distinction between right and wrong. We learned that if we believed and did what was right, we’d be rewarded. If we disbelieved, or worse, believed and did

Day Seven What are you discussing together as you walk along?    Read: Luke 24.13-35   Story has always been a big deal for us. Over the...

Day Six Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?    Read: Psalm 85   This Psalm was written after God freed...

Day Five Have you any right to be angry?   Read: Jonah 4.1-4   Krista Tippet says, “Anger is often what pain looks like when it shows...

Day Four  Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?   Read: John 6.1-15   This story is recounted in all four Gospels. Today’s...

Day Three Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?   Read: John 8.1-11   Jesus began his day while it was still dark on the Mount...

Day Two   Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone?     Read: Luke 10.38-42   There are a couple of...

Day One   “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”   Read: Genesis 3.   Our first question is the first...

Day Eight: Do You Believe? Mark 10.46-52; Matthew 9.27-28 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large...

Day Seven: Rest in the Mystery of Waiting Psalm 130 A Psalm of Ascents Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;   Lord, hear my voice. Let...

Day Six: Rest in His Presence Exodus 33:12-15 Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not...

Day Five: Meaningful Help 2 Timothy 4.9-18 Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me...

Day Four: Creating Beauty in Exile Jeremiah 29.1-9 This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the...

Day Three: Boundary Lines of Joy Psalm 16.5-12 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
     you make my lot secure. The boundary...

Day Two: Yes, My Soul, Find Rest in God. Psalm 62.1-7 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. Truly my soul finds...

Day One: How Goes It With Your Soul? Matthew 11.28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my...

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me;...