Let us run with perseverance the race set before us, looking to Jesus . . . who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Consider him . . . so that you don’t grow weary or lose heart. – Hebrews 12:1-3 (NRSV) MARY LUTI...
Teach me to be love, as You are Love; Lead me through each fear; Hold my hand as I walk through the valleys of doubt each day, That I may know your peace. I believe that I shall know the Realm of Heaven, of Love, here on Earth! – Psalm 27:11-13 (as rendered by Nan C....
Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded. My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled. – Psalm 17:4-5 (NIV) KENNETH L. SAMUEL | This sage advice, lifted from Shakespeare’s...
Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil.” – Genesis 3:22b (NRSV) LILLIAN DANIEL | In the initial story of happiness, choices, and paradise lost, Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. They didn’t have to work or worry...
. . . [the unrighteous] entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. – 2 Peter 2:18-19 (NRSV) QUINN G. CALDWELL | So much public discourse (and a great deal of private...
Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me. – Psalm 17:8-9 (NRSV) LIZ MILLER | Too often, when I look back on my prayers, they sound like the sacred version of a self-help...
