Friday, July 31, 2020Living as the Beloved“When we have claimed for ourselves the life of God’s Spirit, we can expect death to be the door to the fullness of life. Eternal life is not some great surprise that comes unannounced at the end of our lives; it is, rather, the full revelation of what we […]

Thursday, July 30, 2020Broken and Given“I realize that there is a mysterious link between our brokenness and our ability to give to each other. We both went through periods of extreme inner pain. And during those painful times, we often felt that our lives had come to a standstill and that we had nothing to […]

Wednesday, July 29, 2020#Blessed“Attentive presence can allow us to see how many blessings there are for us to receive: the blessings of the poor who stop us on the road, the blessings of the blossoming trees and fresh flowers that tell us about new life, the blessings of music, painting, sculpture, and architecture–all of that–but […]

Tuesday, July 28, 2020Becoming the Beloved“I am thoroughly convinced that the origin and goal of our existence have everything to do with the ways we think, talk, and act in our daily lives. When our deepest truth is that we are Beloved and when our greatest joy and peace come from fully claiming that truth, […]

Monday, July 27, 2020Being the Beloved“Every time you listen with great attentiveness to the voice that calls you the Beloved, you will discover within yourself a desire to hear that voice longer and more deeply. It is like discovering a well in the desert. Once you have touched the wet ground, you want to dig […]

Friday, July 24, 2020A Responsive Benediction Michael Eric Dyson ends his book with a benediction where he offers suggestions for how the people of God can seek to make right the damage done by the sin of racism. His suggestion comes in the form of an acronym: RESPONSIVE. Pray today that God would help you be […]

Thursday, July 23, 2020Sabbath Presence “If we cite the Bible, and yet fail to live according to its codes, the Bible becomes just another book. But when we live it, it becomes powerful. If you believe it, the words of scripture say that we become living apostles in whose life others read the presence of […]

Wednesday, July 22, 2020The Stories We Tell“I realize this is a lot for you to take in. It must make you woozy and weak at the knees. So much has been invested in whiteness that it is hard to let it go. It is often defensive, resentful, full of denial and amnesia. The only way […]

Tuesday, July 21, 2020Justice as Love in Action“Lord, convict this nation as never before. Let our lives testify to your majesty, your love, your grace–and may this land know your displeasure, taste your holy wrath…Let this nation repent of its murderous ways. Only then will we even believe that white folk know the God who […]

Monday, July 20, 2020The Struggle for Justice “When I look at my grandchildren, all beautiful, all bright, all full of light, I swear to you, O Lord, it fills me with fear, and then anger, and grief… I am beyond rage, O Lord, at the utter complicity of even good white folk who claim that […]