“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11, NIV
Lord Jesus, we look to you on the throne beside your Father in heaven and ask that you be Lord of peace in our hearts. Help us to overcome ourselves again and again and to remain at peace. Then your will may be done in your disciples, a power of peace may be around us that goes out into the whole world, and your name may be glorified on earth. For you are Lord of peace, and we await you. In difficult times faith and hope will take hold in our hearts all the more firmly, to your glory, Lord Jesus. For you will suddenly come according to your promise as the One who does God’s will on earth among all people. Amen.
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Sunday Source
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster
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Friday Long Read
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Thursday Insight
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Wednesday Podcast
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He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” Luke 22:41-42, NIV
Dear Father in heaven, we lift our eyes to you. You allow earthly events to follow their own course, and even your own Son had to suffer and die. But your plan is already prepared and you will act in our time according to your will. We pray, “Your will be done, your will!” In the midst of all the suffering let your love be revealed in many places, wherever it is possible for people to understand it. You have always protected us; protect us still. You have done much for us and we want to praise your name. We want to be people who always acknowledge you and praise you, for you will never let any be lost who hope in you. Be with us this night, help us, and send us the strength we need to serve you, also in our everyday life. Amen.
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Saturday Short
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In a city astir with dangerous new ideas, the son of a priest becomes a leader of a nonviolent revolution. Read now
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Friday Long Read
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My parents insisted on reserving an entire room in our small house for books. Reading expanded my world and shaped my future. Read now
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Thursday Insight
Margaret R. Ellsberg
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Wednesday Podcast
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Tuesday Books & Culture
Ragan Sutterfield
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The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:9–10, NIV
Lord our God, we look to you in our many needs, in the distress of our hearts, in the anguish of the whole world. We beseech you, let light come to your people everywhere on earth to bring them your help and your victory. Remember the wretched, the sick, the poor. Let your living strength come to them so that they can bear their sufferings and hold out joyfully to the end. Remember us all, O Lord our God, for we all need you. We are weak and poor and cannot go forward alone. Your Spirit must help us. May the Savior come to us, and may his grace and his power be born in our hearts. Amen.
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Friday Long Read
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Thursday Insight
Margaret R. Ellsberg
Gerard Manley Hopkins found the big picture in nature’s most intricate details. Read now
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Wednesday Podcast
Jason Landsel, Peter Mommsen and Susannah Black Roberts
Jason Landsel, author of a new graphic novel, talks about the Radical Reformation and its legacy. Read now
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Tuesday Books & Culture
Ragan Sutterfield
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Monday Provocation
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You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11, NIV
Dear Father in heaven, you show us the way of life; in your presence is fullness of joy, and at your right hand is delight forever. In your presence we want to rejoice together as your children, under your protection. May we become firm in every part of our life on earth. Grant that soon something of your kingdom, of your heaven, may encircle us like a blessing, enabling us to fight on in joy and exultation. We entrust ourselves to you, our faithful and loving God, and we thank you. Amen.
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Wednesday Podcast
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Tuesday Books & Culture
Ragan Sutterfield
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Monday Provocation
Andy Stanton-Henry
Small-town saints challenge us to rethink our approach to success. Read now
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Sunday Source
Alan Paton
In his prayer, Saint Francis asks nothing for himself – or perhaps he asks everything. Read now
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You answered me when I called to you; with your strength you strengthened me. Psalm 138:3, TEV
Dear Father in heaven, we thank you that we are your children and that your eyes watch over us and see all that is in our hearts. You hear the request of each heart, and you will answer at the right time. Stretch out your strong hand to us, for we are weak and often heavy-hearted, not knowing what to do nor how to find you. But you are with us in every need in spite of all our faults and shortcomings. You are with us; you lead us through everything to our life’s true goal, until each of us can rejoice over all you have done, to the praise of your name, our Father. Amen.
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Tuesday Books & Culture
Ragan Sutterfield
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Monday Provocation
Andy Stanton-Henry
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Sunday Source
Alan Paton
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Saturday Short
Gastón Vigo Gasparotti
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How good it is to give thanks to you, O Lord, to sing in your honor, O Most High God, to proclaim your constant love every morning, and your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2, TEV
We thank you, Lord our God. How much good you have poured out on us throughout our lives! And how much we should thank you every day! We thank you that again and again we feel your help and know that you can fill our earthly life with what is of heaven. May your kingdom come over the whole world, for all people are longing for faith and for mercy and are to be gathered into your house under the staff of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Watch over us during the night. May your help go far and wide into the whole world. Stand by those who call upon you, even when they do not understand how they should pray. Help us and grant that the Savior may come, to the glory of your name. Amen.
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Wednesday Podcast
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Tuesday Books & Culture
Ragan Sutterfield
A review of Costica Bradatan’s In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility Read now
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Monday Provocation
Andy Stanton-Henry
Small-town saints challenge us to rethink our approach to success. Read now
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Sunday Source
Alan Paton
In his prayer, Saint Francis asks nothing for himself – or perhaps he asks everything. Read now
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Saturday Short
Gastón Vigo Gasparotti
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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.” Revelation 1:17-18, NIV
Lord our God, we thank you with all our hearts that Jesus Christ still lives today and that we may believe in him and call upon him as our Savior. We thank you for him who sees to the depths of our human misery and calls right into the midst of it, “Do not be afraid. I am with you. I live. I am your helper. No matter how insignificant you are, fear not, for I, Jesus Christ, shine into all the darkness, even into the darkness of sin and death, into all the judgment that has fallen or is still to come upon everyone on Earth.” Praise to your name, Lord our God! You are great and almighty and beyond our understanding. But you have sent us the Savior whom we can understand, and we rejoice that we may have community with him in your presence. Amen.
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Tuesday Books & Culture
Ragan Sutterfield
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Monday Provocation
Andy Stanton-Henry
Small-town saints challenge us to rethink our approach to success. Read now
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Sunday Source
Alan Paton
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Saturday Short
Gastón Vigo Gasparotti
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Friday Long Read
Daniel Stulac
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And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 2 Peter 1:19, NIV
Lord God, we thank you for giving us light here on earth, where it is so often completely dark. But in the darkness the name of Jesus Christ shines out as the prophetic Word: “Be comforted. After darkness comes light, after night comes day!” We thank you for this light. In joy we thank you, for we have experienced that Jesus lives and comes to meet each one, bringing victory over enemy powers. In the name of Jesus Christ and in his name alone we ask you to remember the needs of our time. We do not want anything that comes from ourselves. We do not want any earthly peace. We want your peace, Lord God, the peace in which everything becomes new, born anew even in suffering, to the eternal glory of your name. Amen.
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Sunday Source
Alan Paton
In his prayer, Saint Francis asks nothing for himself – or perhaps he asks everything. Read now
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Saturday Short
Gastón Vigo Gasparotti
Plough’s Coretta Thomson speaks with the founder of Akamasoa Argentina about their mission to eradicate poverty and restore dignity. Read now
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Friday Long Read
Daniel Stulac
Attending the birth of a calf reminded me that we are creatures designed by God to get our hands dirty. Read now
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Thursday Insight
Charlotte Brontë
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” Read now
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Wednesday Podcast
L. M. Sacasas, Peter Mommsen and Susannah Black Roberts
A philosopher reflects on human uniqueness. Read now
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I look for your deliverance, Lord. Genesis 49:18, NIV
Lord our God, help us in these days that are so difficult for us. Help us never to lose our expectation of the time that is to come, the time of Jesus Christ, Lord of heaven and earth. Strengthen us, we pray, and strengthen those all over the world who have to endure great suffering, especially the destitute and the dying. May your heavenly hosts come down to the many who are in misery, so that your name is praised in life and in death, in whatever we have to go through. For we shall praise you, no matter what happens now or in the days ahead. May your glory remain in our hearts, with the joy that you, O God, are the Father of all. Amen.
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Saturday Short
Gastón Vigo Gasparotti
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Friday Long Read
Daniel Stulac
Attending the birth of a calf reminded me that we are creatures designed by God to get our hands dirty. Read now
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Thursday Insight
Charlotte Brontë
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” Read now
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Wednesday Podcast
L. M. Sacasas, Peter Mommsen and Susannah Black Roberts
A philosopher reflects on human uniqueness. Read now
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Tuesday Books & Culture
Phil Christman
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