God Stories
SATURDAY, August 1 Joseph of Arimathea Psalm 75:1 We give you thanks, O God, we give you thanks, calling upon your Name and declaring all your wonderful deeds. Today’s reading…
When Spent
SUNDAY, August 2 9 Pentecost Matthew 14:20 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. Oh Jesus.…
Parable
TUESDAY, August 4 Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will declare the mysteries of ancient times. A child went to school. In science, she studied…
Higher Political Power
WEDNESDAY, August 5 Psalm 82:8 Arise, O God, and rule the earth, for you shall take all nations for your own. We’re in the midst of difficult political times. Issues,…
Veils
THURSDAY August 6 Feast of the Transfiguration Exodus 34:33. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. Veils have a long history. They’ve shielded…
Serenity
FRIDAY, August 7 John Mason Neale John 2:4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.” I…
Repetition
SATURDAY, August 8 Dominic Psalm 136:25-26 Who gives food to all creatures, for his mercy endures for ever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his mercy endures for…
KINdom
SUNDAY, August 9 10 Pentecost Genesis 37:27 “Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.”…
Honesty
MONDAY, August 10 Laurence of Rome John 3:21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have…
Slippery Slopes
TUESDAY, August 11 Clare of Assisi Psalm 94:18 As often as I said, “My foot has slipped,” your love, O Lord, upheld me. Slippery slopes are dangerous and they can’t…
God’s Decrees
WEDNESDAY, August 12 Florence Nightingale Psalm 119:144 The righteousness of your decrees is everlasting; grant me understanding, that I may live. I’ve come to understand the only surefire plan I…
Reapers
THURSDAY, August 13 Jeremy Taylor John 4:38. I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor. Genetic…
Good and Bad
FRIDAY, August 14 Jonathan Myrick Daniels Acts 7:19 He dealt craftily with our race and forced our ancestors to abandon their infants so that they would die. I wish this…
Walking Together
SATURDAY, August 15 Saint Mary the Virgin Galatians 4:6-7 And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you…
Wrestling with God
SUNDAY, August 16 11 Pentecost Isaiah 56:8 Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather others to them besides those already gathered. Israel is…
Judgement
MONDAY, August 17 Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes. When I am hungry, angry,…
Important Memo
TUESDAY, August 18 William Porcher DuBose Psalm 121:4-5 Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep; the Lord himself watches over you; the Lord is your…
Abundance
WEDNESDAY, August 19 John 6:12 When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.” Prudence is not often born…
Privilege
THURSDAY, August 20 Bernard of Clairvaux Job 1:10. Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed…
Fear
FRIDAY, August 21 Job 2:10 But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not…
Bitter in Soul
SATURDAY, August 22 Job 3:20-21 Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, who long for death, but it does not come, and…
WWJD?
SUNDAY, August 23 12 Pentecost Matthew 16:20 Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. I have a nagging suspicion today’s church isn’t…
The Greatest
MONDAY, August 24 Saint Bartholomew Luke 22:24 A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. Sit in a room…
Grief
TUESDAY, August 25 Louis Acts 9:39 So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside…
Keepsakes
WEDNESDAY, August 26 Psalm 12:8 The wicked prowl on every side, and that which is worthless is highly prized by everyone. Many of us live surrounded by stuff. Our shelves…
Power of Prayer
THURSDAY, August 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle Job 8:10. Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding? Prayer may be the…
Life’s Umpire
FRIDAY, August 28 Augustine of Hippo Job 9:33 There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand on us both. Job’s understanding of what was happening in his…
Following Jesus
SATURDAY, August 29 The Beheading of John the Baptist Psalm 21:11 You will destroy their offspring from the land, and their descendants from among the peoples of the earth. We…
With Gratitude
MONDAY, August 31 Aidan Psalm 9:1 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all your marvelous works. I have been reading…