Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

When Both Worlds Become One Real spirituality dawns when our life with God becomes as real as the problems...

Love’s Final Appeal The ass was the beast on which kings rode when they came in peace; only in...

Becoming the Ground of Contemplation In every great religious tradition the concept is clear: to be contemplative we must...

The Notorious Hope As Christians we live by faith in God, and we carry within us the notorious hope...

The Quiet Ones Who Carry Peace The shalom bringers spread a sense of warmth, comfort, hope, and well-being even...

When Busyness Becomes Our Badge After a while, this Sabbath-less way of living might even become a point of...

The Dying That Grows Us How does a grain of wheat feel as it is planted in the soil?...

The Healing We Cannot Manufacture Probably our journey of forgiveness will be impossible unless we realize we cannot do...

Faith in the Fog Our questions can serve us well in a time such as this, a time of...

Choices O GOD, Though I am allowed to approach thee I am not unmindful of my sins, I do...

One Constant Cry From this inner conversation (you can do it if you wish), give it the following short...

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...