Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

Being Good Even the best Christian that ever lived is not acting on his own steam—he is only nourishing...

A Place of Vulnerability and Trust When we gather around the table and eat from the same loaf and...

Completing Calvary As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain (2 Corinthians 6:1)....

Resolutions Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” (John 21:15)...

Faithfulness in the Ordinary Faithfulness is consecration in overalls. It is the steady acceptance and performance of the common...

Healing Our Hearts Through Forgiveness How can we forgive those who do not want to be forgiven? Our deepest...

Anointing the Feet of Christ The Church, then, both washes the feet of Christ and wipes them with her...

God as Taskmaster Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, “Master, I knew...

Letting Scripture Read You The how of the role of scripture in spiritual formation is not so much a...

Prayer’s Power and Purpose You see, I’ve done a lot of work for the Church I’m aware of it....

Desperate to Hear O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still (Psalm 83:1)....

A Father’s Love The father in the story of the prodigal son suffered much. He saw his younger son...

Seeing Disaster as God Sees It The ability to see disaster within a framework that is good requires us...

Listening to Our Emotions It’s foolish to assume that we can directly alter our emotions simply by willing them...

The Healing Word The Word of God is not a word to apply in our daily lives at some...

Tuning Your Ear to God What does the voice of God sound like? The voice from heaven reported in...

A Life That Leans Toward God Jesus has gone before us. In the words of John 13:1, he has...

A Father’s Loving Welcome How do we welcome home our lost brothers and sisters? By running out to them,...

A Father’s Open Arms What are we going to do when we get home? When the two sons of...

Our Disciplines Lead Us Home Going home is a lifelong journey. There are always parts of ourselves that wander...

Holiness as Presence Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world,...

Listening to Our Longing There are few things that help so much for conversing with Christ as silence. The...

Listening to Our Longing Much of our world’s noise and activity seems designed to silence the hungers and longings...

Sacred Silence For God alone my soul in silence waits; from him comes my salvation (Ps. 62:1). Thousands of...

The Infinite and the Finite Turn my heart from vanity, from dissatisfactions, from uncertainties of the present state to...