Lord, each day I struggle to live my life in Your light. This week, bring me closer to understanding Your sacrifice so that I may embrace my own. As the

God of Justice, we remember this week the nonviolent resistance of Jesus to empire and his execution by the Roman authorities. Even at the very end, Jesus commanded Peter to

Creator God, we know that in life and in death we belong to you. As we journey with Christ to the cross during this Holy Week, increase our hope that

My heart is in anguish within me,the terrors of death have fallen upon me.Fear and trembling come upon me,and horror overwhelms me.Psalm 55:4-5 NRSV As we witness the destruction of

The National Council of Churches USA reiterates the call for peace and an end to Russian aggression and acts of war in the Ukraine. We lament the loss of life

Scripture Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses

Scripture “Because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard how I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become

Scripture And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, “What do you command your servant, my lord?” Joshua 5:14b NRSV Background God