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When Right in My Eyes Is Wrong in God’s Eyes
Daily Office ReflectionsMonday, August 17, 2026 Readings: Psalm 106:1–48; Judges 17:1–13; Acts 7:44–8:1; John 5:19–29 Yesterday we began the week with a reminder from the Psalmist that God’s faithful love endures forever. Today, Psalm 106 reminds us why that is such good news. God remains faithful even when we are not. Psalm 106 tells the…
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The Reluctant Saints: When God Calls the Unlikely
Category: Mentors Who Changed MeSeries: Who Challenges Me?The Curious Pilgrim I did not grow up studying the saints. Of course, I had heard the names of some of them. In Bible College and Seminary, I encountered people such as Augustine, Ambrose, Francis of Assisi, and others as part of Church History. But studying someone historically…
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God’s Love Endures Forever
Daily Office ReflectionsSunday, August 16, 2026 Today’s Readings: Psalm 118 and 145; Judges 16:15–31; 2 Corinthians 13:1–11; Mark 5:25–34 The Psalmist begins our new week with a truth that runs through all of today’s readings: God’s faithful love endures forever. Psalm 145 reminds us that God is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding…
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What Is God Saying to Us This Week?
The Curious Pilgrim — Daily Office ReflectionsSunday, August 16, 2026 As I look back over this week’s Daily Office readings, I realize we have traveled quite a road together. There have been stories of broken families, difficult choices, consequences, reconciliation, suffering, healing, unexpected grace, and celebration. And through all of them, one truth keeps appearing:…
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God Is Still Working
The Curious Pilgrim — Daily Office ReflectionSaturday, August 15, 2026 Psalm 106:33–43 | Psalm 108:1–6 | Judges 16:1–14 | Acts 7:30–43 | John 5:1–18 Sometimes the Daily Office readings seem to have very little to do with one another. Today is one of those days. We move from the failures of Israel, to Samson and…
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What Am I Learning Now?
Series: The PresentSaturday, August 15, 2026 Grace is more than a woman’s name, and it is definitely more than a prayer we say over a meal. We say that God is loving, kind, gentle, good, and full of grace and mercy. But what does that mean to me? Is it simply something I have learned…
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Who Is Like the Lord Our God?
The Curious Pilgrim — Daily Office ReflectionFriday, August 14, 2026 Psalm 113 | 1 Samuel 2:1–10 | John 2:1–12 “Who is like the Lord our God?” — Psalm 113:5 After several days of readings about consequences, uncertainty, difficult choices, rebellion, imprisonment, and suffering, today’s Daily Office readings seem to take us somewhere different. Today we…
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Some Places Become Holy
Series: Places That Shape UsThursday, August 13, 2026 What was your first classroom like? My first school had six grades in one room with a single teacher. That was in 1954. Over the span of my elementary school, high school, college, and seminary education, I have sat in many classrooms. I have been taught by…
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When Someone Else’s Choices Change Our Road
The Curious Pilgrim — Daily Office ReflectionThursday, August 13, 2026 Psalm 105 | 2 Samuel 15:1–18 | Acts 21:27–36 | Mark 10:32–45 “He is the Lord our God; his judgments prevail in all the world.” — Psalm 105:7 God gives us the freedom to make choices. Yesterday’s readings reminded us that God’s grace invites us,…
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