Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

Without the discipline of community, solitude degenerates into self-absorption and isolation; without the discipline of solitude, community degenerated into...

REFOCUS Use this prayer adapted from Psalm 2:1 as a breath prayer: I will worship the Lord with reverence....

NEW BEGINNINGS INCOMPREHENSIBLE, GREAT, AND GLORIOUS GOD, I adore thee and abase myself. I approach thee mindful that I...

The Fruit of the Spirit How does the Spirit of God manifest itself through us? Often we think that...

A Hungry Heart He has filled the hungry with good things. Luke 1:53 Edwin Hatch was an ordained priest...

The Christian is a citizen of the church universal. While we delight in the uniqueness of each individual, our...

A wise swimmer does not cross a difficult channel without a boat close behind, with those aboard watching for...

REFOCUS Based on Provers 4:1 you can use the following as an affirmation of God’s leadership in your life....

THE PRAYER OF LOVE GRACIOUS LORD, Thy name is love, in love receive my prayer. My sins are more...

From Unceasing Thinking to Unceasing Prayer Our minds are always active. We analyze, reflect, day-dream, or dream. There is...

A Heart Like His 2 Corinthians 5:12-21 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal...

Something happens to us when we consult one another in Christian community. In sharing our thoughts with others, surprising...

Clearly, in the serious contemplation of our place in the human community lies the quality of our contemplation. To...

REFOCUS The “Jesus Prayer” is used by many Orthodox Christians. It is drawn from the story Jesus told where...

ACT OF APPROACH BENIGN LORD, I praise thee continually for permission to approach thy throne of grace, and to...

The Still, Small Voice of Love Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, “Prove...

When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out...

The advantage of believing in the reality of the Trinity is not that we get an A from God...

If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where...

REFOCUS Sit back, take a deep breath. Then, as you continue to breathe deeply, repeat this assurance in your...

LIVING BY PRAYER O GOD OF THE OPEN EAR, Teach me to live by prayer as well as by...

The Spiritual Work of Gratitude To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy,...

I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. –...

In the Christian community thankfulness is just what it is anywhere else in the Christian life. Only he who...

O God, I have tasted your goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more....