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Hope That Keeps Us Walking
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on Psalm 72, Wisdom 19:1-8, and Hebrews 3:1-6 Daily Office Readings Psalm 72Wisdom 19:1-8Hebrews 3:1-6 One of the questions I often bring to my Daily Office readings is simple: What thread connects these passages? At first glance, today’s readings seem quite different. Psalm 72 offers a vision of a righteous king.…
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Boldly Approaching the Throne of Grace
Learning the Courage to Come Near A Curious Pilgrim Reflection Daily Office Readings One word from today’s readings captured my attention and refused to let go: Boldness. It is not a word many of us naturally associate with our relationship with God. Many of us were taught reverence, respect, obedience, and humility. Those are important…
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When Power Forgets Love
Politics, Religion, Economics, and the Courage to Remain Human A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on Romans 13:1–7 Daily Reflection Scripture: Romans 13:1–7 Few passages in Scripture have created more confusion, fear, debate, and misuse than Romans 13:1–7. For centuries these verses have been quoted to demand unquestioning obedience to rulers, governments, political systems, and even religious…
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The Lamp Along the Road
Scripture, Experience, Reason, and the Living Voice of God A Curious Pilgrim Reflection Daily Office Readings:Psalm 119:97–120 • Book of Baruch 3:24–37 • Epistle of James 5:13–18 • Gospel of Luke 16:19–31 There are moments in life when the Scriptures begin to open in ways we never imagined possible. Not because we suddenly discovered new…
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Overcoming Evil With Good
Living Romans 12 in a Fractured World A Curious Pilgrim Reflection There are passages in Paul’s letter to the Romans that feel almost impossible when we place them beside the realities of modern life. Division. Anger. Political hostility. Religious conflict. Social media outrage. Family wounds. Violence. Loneliness. Fear. And yet Paul writes: “Live in harmony…
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Restored Along the Journey
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on Psalm 80, Deuteronomy 8, James 1, and Luke 9 Today’s Daily Office readings weave together a powerful spiritual truth: Life is a journey of restoration, testing, awakening, and transformation. The Psalmist cries out repeatedly: “Restore us, O God.”“Let your face shine, that we may be saved.” That cry still rises…
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Emptiness Alone is prepared for Fulness
Richard Rohr in The Divine Dance is inviting us to rethink both God and ourselves — not as isolated beings competing for importance, but as participants in an eternal flow of self-giving love. At the center of this reflection is the ancient Christian idea of kenosis, the “self-emptying” described in Philippians 2: “Though he was…
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Everything Created by God Is Good
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on Wonder, Gratitude, and the Sacredness of Creation Daily Office Readings There are days when the Daily Office readings seem scattered across very different landscapes of thought. One passage may celebrate creation, another may address church order, while another speaks in parables about wheat and weeds. Yet beneath these seemingly different…
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The Divine Dance and Learning to Stop Resisting the Flow
Reflections from The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr Books & Mentors That Changed Me Series There are some books that merely inform us.Others quietly rearrange the furniture of the soul. One of those books for me has been The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr. I have found myself returning again and again to Rohr’s description…
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