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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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Where Did You Go? - October 8, 2024

October 8, 2024

When I served as a youth minister, our group went spelunking in southern Indiana. There is an extensive underground system there, so we experienced almost everything caving offers: squeezing through narrow...

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Where Did You Go? - October 7, 2024

October 7, 2024

Job 23 is midway through the chapters where Job’s friends offer many (unhelpful) ways for Job to understand and end his suffering. Job’s friends toss out ideas and solutions but don’t...

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Faithfulness Isn’t Easy - October 6, 2024

October 6, 2024

I love the priority Jesus places on welcoming children. In moments when I’m aware of my own failings—aware of things I’ve done and left undone that have caused harm—I find blessing...

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Faithfulness Isn’t Easy - October 5, 2024

October 5, 2024

I find it impossible to read this passage without thinking about what it means for people I know. As I read Jesus’ response to a question about divorce, I think of...

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Faithfulness Isn’t Easy - October 4, 2024

October 4, 2024

A “pioneer” of salvation, Christ shows us what the path is going to be like if we want to practice Christ-like love. There’s going to be suffering. Part of this is...

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Faithfulness Isn’t Easy - October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

The beginning of the book of Hebrews offers us a beautiful hymn of praise to God. It reminds us of the gift of salvation we have received from our God. The...

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Faithfulness Isn’t Easy - October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

We are invited to praise God “in the great congregation.” Faith is meant to be lived out together in community; we stand on the shoulders of generations who’ve gone before us,...

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Faithfulness Isn’t Easy - October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024

Some prayers, like “Mercy!” and “Bless you,” are easy to hear in varied contexts, pronounced in different ways and with diverse meanings. As I read Psalm 26, I wonder why this...

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Faithfulness Isn’t Easy - September 30, 2024

September 30, 2024

One of the great gifts of the book of Job is that it tells the story of an experience too many of us know all too well: Choosing to be faithful...

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Speak the Truth - September 29, 2024

September 29, 2024

During March of 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led a march from his ashram to the Arabian Sea, a 240-mile journey, to make salt in defiance of the British Salt Act. The law...

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