Dear Lord, we thank you today for the stillness in our meditation. As we contemplate scripture and the miracles of the devout, we ask to be drawn ever closer to you. We ask that our hearts be opened like the petals on a beautiful flower and filled with your love. Please allow us to empty…

Dear Lord, we thank you for the opportunity to live in peace. We thank you for the guidance of your Word and the grace of your forgiveness. May we take time each day to explore our connections to you and one another as we work to heal brokenness in our communities and provide a living…

1   The LORD is king, he is robed in majesty;            the LORD is robed, he is girded with strength.       He has established the world; it shall never be moved;  2        your throne is established from of old;            you are from everlasting. 3   The floods have lifted up, O LORD,            the floods have lifted up their voice;            the floods…

3:23Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. 24Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. 25But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, 26for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God…

1The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; 2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance…

12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” 13Then the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.” 14Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my…

1:24I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. 25 I became its servant according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 the…

14Thus says the LORD: The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, tall of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying, “God is with you alone, and…

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”