compassion

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 (NRSV) After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Matthew 23:37-39 (NRSV) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read John 5:1-18 (NRSV) After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Isaiah 40:1-11 (NRSV) Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 14:34-36 (NRSV) When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. After the people of that place recognized him, they sent word throughout the region and brought all who […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21 (NRSV) The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Philippians 1:20-30 (NRSV) It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way, but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read Micah 7:18-20 (NRSV) Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 5:38-48 (NRSV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But […]

Fearful and forgotten… We’ve heard those terms tossed around quite a bit in the weeks following Election Day. Fear and a sense of being forgotten each can manifest itself in pretty ugly ways at times, but when mixed together with a little frustration and impatience, well, it seems to me you’ve got a formula for […]