Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

Carrying Others in Prayer When we say to people, “I will pray for you,” we make a very important...

You Are Already Favored Gabriel begins as he always begins, as God always begins (since this is God’s message,...

Seeking God or Chasing the Feeling? When we are hungry to experience God’s loving presence near us and believe...

Compassion That Moves Every time the Gospels mention that Jesus was moved with the deepest emotions or felt sorry...

Clinging to the Cross, Living in Holiness O LORD GOD, Thou art my protecting arm, fortress, refuge, shield, buckler....

Words That Come from the Heart Words that do not become flesh in us remain “just words”. They have...

A Courageous Life “Have courage”, we often say to one another. Courage is a spiritual virtue. The word courage...

Companions on the Journey When Jesus begins his public ministry, one of the first things he does is to...

Attentive Prayer If this idea that prayer consists of attention to God seems strange to us, perhaps it is...

The Joyous Yes Real holiness doesn’t feel like holiness; it just feels like you’re dying. It feels like you’re...

The Place of Change One of our persistent difficulties is that while we want help, we do not want...

Gratitude for the Small Things In the Christian community thankfulness is just what it is anywhere else in the...

The Thirst That Satisfies O God, I have tasted your goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made...

The Joy of Belonging The Christian is a citizen of the church universal. While we delight in the uniqueness...

The Prayer of Love GRACIOUS LORD, Thy name is love, in love receive my prayer. My sins are more...

Downward Is the Way Up The society in which we live suggests in countless ways that the way to...

When Rejection Comes First Jesus knew from the beginning that he would be rejected by those he came to...

The Healing of Community Jesus lived his life in community. From his childhood with Mary and Joseph to his...

Where Solitude Meets Community Without the discipline of community, solitude degenerates into self-absorption and isolation; without the discipline of...

Make Me Right, Keep Me Right INCOMPREHENSIBLE, GREAT, AND GLORIOUS GOD, I adore thee and abase myself. I approach...

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 Joy of Belonging The Christian is a citizen of the church universal. While we delight in the uniqueness...

Don’t Climb or Swim Alone A wise swimmer does not cross a difficult channel without a boat close behind,...

Grace That Flows Forever GRACIOUS LORD, Thy name is love, in love receive my prayer. My sins are more...