Looking for today's Disciplines Devotion? Click here to read it.

About Disciplines

The Upper Room Disciplines provides an opportunity to look more deeply at scripture by offering a week of devotions by a single author on a particular theme.

Read More

Latest Disciplines Devotions

Journeying with God - August 17, 2022

August 17, 2022

We know that as we journey with God, there will be ups and downs, successes and failures. I love this reading because it recognizes the cyclical nature of our relationship with...

Read More

Journeying with God - August 16, 2022

August 16, 2022

God’s words to Jeremiah remind us that we are called to witness to the love of God wherever we go. But what are we to make of this list of acts...

Read More

Journeying with God - August 15, 2022

August 15, 2022

The book of Jeremiah begins with Jeremiah’s reasons why he was unsuited for prophetic ministry. He was just a young man. He felt unwise in the ways of the world and...

Read More

Believe It or Not - August 14, 2022

August 14, 2022

We are surrounded by witnesses. The idea here is not of a great Olympic moment with grandstands and spectators but rather a host of individuals who can bear witness to the...

Read More

Believe It or Not - August 13, 2022

August 13, 2022

The writer of Hebrews looks all the way back to Abel and then forward to the days just preceding John the Baptist. This whole time was an era of unfulfilled (or...

Read More

Believe It or Not - August 12, 2022

August 12, 2022

Transitions can be tricky. Are we under the old or new rules? Do we honor the past or announce the future? For the writer of the book of Hebrews the question...

Read More

Believe It or Not - August 11, 2022

August 11, 2022

Earlier in Luke 12, Jesus was speaking to his disciples, but here he is talking to a crowd. These are people who depend on their crops for survival. They study the...

Read More

Believe It or Not - August 10, 2022

August 10, 2022

In Luke 12, Jesus is focused on our choices. He first warns a rich man not to be a fool with his money. Later he warns his disciples to remain watchful....

Read More

Believe It or Not - August 9, 2022

August 9, 2022

The book of Isaiah is so full of hopeful references to “good news for the poor” (61:1), the “Prince of Peace” (9:6), the “wolf dwelling with the lamb” (11:6), and “Immanuel”...

Read More

Believe It or Not - August 8, 2022

August 8, 2022

In today’s reading, Asaph, a temple musician in Jerusalem, observes the Assyrian invasion of the northern kingdom of Israel. Ten tribes are being swept away, leaving the southern kingdom of Judah...

Read More