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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.

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Called to Faithful Service - January 13, 2017

January 13, 2017

God often chooses “unworthy” people to fulfill holy tasks. Moses killed an Egyptian. A younger son in a minor Hebrew clan, Gideon lacked any social status. One of only four women...

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Called to Faithful Service - January 12, 2017

January 12, 2017

God acts, and the psalmist moves from exaltation to action. His happiness has given him insight and energy to become a witness for God to all he meets. Look at the...

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Called to Faithful Service - January 11, 2017

January 11, 2017

The psalmist waits patiently. Then God acts on the psalmist’s behalf: God inclines, hears, draws up, and sets feet on rock. The psalmist’s response is one of joy. Wouldn’t we be...

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Called to Faithful Service - January 10, 2017

January 10, 2017

Put yourself in the servant’s place. First, God tells you that you have been chosen to lead the nation of Israel back to righteous living. Then God says you’re not only...

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Called to Faithful Service - January 9, 2017

January 9, 2017

All of us know what it’s like not to be chosen. From our childhood days when we’re chosen last or not at all for school yard games, a sense of inadequacy...

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Sensing the Sacred in a New Year - January 8, 2017

January 8, 2017

Has anyone ever told you they are proud of you? My parents did a good job of modeling this behavior over the years. Even now in my adulthood they tell me...

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Sensing the Sacred in a New Year - January 7, 2017

January 7, 2017

We can hear the majesty of God’s voice no matter the volume, but we must be willing to listen. During one of the loudest, most stressful, and chaotic moments of my...

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Sensing the Sacred in a New Year - January 6, 2017

January 6, 2017

Epiphany concludes the Christmas season on the Christian calendar. The word epiphany means to “show” or “reveal.” As the magi brought gifts revealing and celebrating Jesus, the season of Epiphany reminds...

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Sensing the Sacred in a New Year - January 5, 2017

January 5, 2017

Paul is privy to a secret! And while the secret has been around for time eternal, only within the present age has the secret been made known; “it has now been...

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Sensing the Sacred in a New Year - January 4, 2017

January 4, 2017

Leading others to listen with their bodies by using the tools of spiritual direction and yoga has given me the opportunity to work with individuals of various religious backgrounds, ages, shapes,...

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