Category: Daily Office Reflections
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Learning to Follow Jesus Without Hating Myself
The Curious PilgrimDaily Office ReflectionPsalm 18; Jonah 3:1–4:11; Acts 27:27–44; Luke 9:18–27 My first sermon, when I was fifteen years old, was about taking up our cross and following Jesus. Looking back across the years, I realize that the boy who preached those words was still struggling to understand them. I thought denying myself meant…
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God With Us in the Struggle
Daily Office Reflection — Wednesday, October 7, 2026Psalm 12, 13, 14, 119:1–24; Jonah 1:17–2:10; Acts 27:27–44; Luke 9:1–17 I am having a difficult morning in a difficult week. As I sat with today’s Sacred Writings, I found people struggling, questioning, learning, and needing help. I recognized something of the life we all live. As far…
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Lord, Teach Me to See
The Curious PilgrimDaily Office Reflection — Tuesday, October 6, 2026Psalms 5, 6, 10, 11; Jonah 1:1–17; Acts 26:24–27:8; Luke 8:40–56 Someone recently told me I was neat and organized. To some degree, I suppose I am. But as I sat with today’s Daily Office readings, I began to recognize something deeper beneath the routines of…
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But as for Me
Daily Office ReflectionMonday, October 5, 2026Psalms 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7; Micah 7:1–7; Acts 26:1–23; Luke 8:26–39 As I sit with today’s Sacred Writings, I keep returning to the words of Micah: “But as for me, I will look to the Lord;I will wait for the God of my salvation;my God will hear me.”—Micah…
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Knowing Who We Are, Learning How to Live
The Curious PilgrimDaily Office Reflection — Sunday, October 4, 2026Psalms 111, 112, 113, 146, 147; Micah 6:1–8; 1 Corinthians 4:9–16; Matthew 15:21–28 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” I have been sitting with those words today. What does it mean to fear God? What does it mean to be wise? And…
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Lord Jesus Christ, Heal What Is Wounded
As I read tonight’s Daily Office, one phrase from my prayer kept coming back to me: “Lord Jesus Christ, heal what is wounded.” We all carry wounds. Some are visible. Others have been tucked away for years, yet they still influence how we hear a word, respond to disagreement, or receive someone’s love. I know…
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God, You Know the Whole Truth About Me: The Curious Pilgrim
I have read the Psalms for years. I know their cries for help, their fears, and their pleas for protection. But today, something familiar opened up in a new way. I heard a person bringing the whole truth of his life into relationship with God. There is danger outside him, but there is also struggle…
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Unity: A Gift We Learn to Live
Daily Office readings for October 1, 2026Psalm 131, 132, 133, 134, 135; Micah 3:1–8; Acts 24:1–23; Luke 7:36–50 “How good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” Psalm 133 gives us two images for that unity: the oil poured on Aaron and the dew of Hermon. The oil is poured on Aaron,…
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Waiting for Morning, Moving with Strength
Daily Office Readings for September 30, 2026: Psalm 119:145–176; Psalms 128, 129, and 130; Micah 2:1–13; Acts 23:23–35; Luke 7:18–35. Today I am writing about an issue I struggle with, as I believe many of us do: waiting when making decisions and choices. In today’s Daily Office readings, Psalm 130:5–6 connected for me with Isaiah…
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The Next Faithful Step
Daily Office Reflection · September 29, 2026Psalms 120–127; Micah 1:1–19; Acts 23:12–24; Luke 7:1–17 The Songs of Ascents sound like prayers carried along a road. The journey begins with distress: “In my distress I cry to the Lord.” The pilgrim lifts his eyes and asks where help will come from. Soon other voices join him:…
