Scripture: Psalm 115:1 – “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your...

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:18 – “You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand,...

Scripture: Isaiah 65:18 – “But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its...

Scripture: Micah 7:19 – “He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into...

Judaeo-Christian religion often distinguishes itself from the “nature worship” of so-called “indigenous” faiths, but nature is never far...

Scripture: Psalm 135:15-16 – The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not...

Scripture: Song of Solomon 3:1 – “Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him,...

Scripture: Hebrews 12:3 – “Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose...

Scripture: John 12:42-43 – “Nevertheless many, even of the authorities, believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they did not...

Scripture: Isaiah 60:17 – “Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of...

Scripture: Psalm 84:3 – “Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars,...

Scripture: Psalm 105:8 – “He is mindful of his covenant forever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations…” (NRSV)...

Scripture: Proverbs 30:7 – “Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I...

Scripture: Isaiah 58:6-7 – “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let...

Scripture: Mark 3:11-12 – “Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he...

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:7 – “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in...

Scripture: Psalm 147:10-11 – “His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner; but the Lord...

Scripture: Psalm 56:11 – “In God I trust; I am not afraid. What can a mere mortal do to me?” I am sending out this devotion on Wednesday...

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:4 – “Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith.” (NRSV) Most...

Scripture: Matthew 2:1 – “In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to...