Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God.   Read Isaiah 40:1-11 (NRSV) Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God.   Read Psalm 13 (NRSV) How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I bear pain in my soul, and […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer.   Read Romans 15:7-13 (NRSV) Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant […]

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 26 (NRSV) Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place.   Read Matthew 15:1 9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Proverbs 1:20-33 (NRSV) Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Ruth 2:1-23 (NRSV) Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to […]

A liturgy for reaffirming baptismal promises for individuals who have been estranged from the Church says “We rejoice in your return to the household of God to claim again the promises of God which are yours through baptism. Hear these words from Holy Scripture: By grace you have been saved through faith; and this is […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Philippians 1:3-11 (NRSV) I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your […]

Freedom has always been an important concept for Americans. The history of our nation is full of examples of people sacrificing to secure freedom for themselves and others. For generations before the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, westerners distinguished themselves from other cultures by calling ourselves leaders of the free world. “It’s a free […]