Category: Daily Office Reflections
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What Is Shaping My Heart?
Daily Office Reflection for Monday, September 28, 2026Psalm 106; Hosea 14:1–9; Acts 22:30–23:11; Luke 6:39–49 Psalm 106 begins with praise and thanksgiving, but it soon becomes a confession: “Both we and our ancestors have sinned;we have committed iniquity, have done wickedly.” The psalmist does not stand at a safe distance and condemn previous generations. He…
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Mercy That Meets Us Where We Are
Daily Office Readings for Sunday, September 27, 2026Psalm 118; Psalm 145; Hosea 13:4–14; 1 Corinthians 2:6–16; Matthew 14:1–12Source: The Book of Common Prayer, Proper 22 We have written often about grace, but today’s readings invite us to stop and consider another beautiful expression of God’s love: mercy. Psalm 118 repeats the words: “His mercy endures…
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God Has Not Given Up on Me
Daily Office Readings for Saturday, September 26, 2026Psalms 107, 108, and 33; Hosea 11:1–9; Acts 22:17–29; Luke 6:27–38 Life is filled with challenges. Some arise from choices I have made. Others come from decisions made by people whose lives touch mine. Still others simply happen because illness, loss, disappointment, and uncertainty are part of living…
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It Is Time to Seek the Lord
Daily Office Readings for Friday, September 25, 2026Psalm 102; Psalm 107; Hosea 10:1–15; Acts 21:37–22:16; Luke 6:12–26 “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.”—Hosea 10:12 When I first read today’s passages, I could…
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The Heart Behind the Covenant
Daily Office Readings for Thursday, September 24, 2026Psalm 105; Hosea 5:8–6:6; Acts 21:27–36; Luke 6:1–11Proper 21, Book of Common Prayer “He is mindful of his covenant forever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations.” —Psalm 105:8 Today’s reflection grew out of a conversation between two pilgrims—Rex and Will—as we walked together through…
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Still Learning, Still Growing
Daily Office Readings — Wednesday, September 23, 2026Psalm 101; Psalm 109; Psalm 119:121–144; Hosea 4:11–19; Acts 21:15–26; Luke 5:27–39 The Psalms reveal the wide range of human experience. In Psalm 101, David pledges to live a blameless life with integrity. He will refuse to look upon anything vile or vulgar. He will reject perverse ideas,…
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He Made Us, and We Are His
Daily Office Reflection for Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Readings: Psalms 94, 95, 97, 99, and 100; Hosea 4:1–10; Acts 21:1–14; Luke 5:12–26 “He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.”—Psalm 100:3 As I read today’s psalms, this phrase captured my attention: He made us, and we are…
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When Grace Meets Us Beside Empty Nets
Daily Office Readings for Monday, September 21, 2026Psalm 89; Hosea 2:14–23; Acts 20:17–38; Luke 5:1–11Source: The Book of Common Prayer, Proper 21 There are times when what we experience seems to contradict what we believe about God. We experience loss, tragedy, illness, disappointment, broken relationships, and alienation. We remember the promises of God, but we…
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Grace Refuses to Abandon the Pilgrim
Daily Office Reflection — Sunday, September 20, 2026Proper 21, Year TwoPsalm 66, 67, 19, 46; Hosea 2:2–14; James 3:1–13; Matthew 13:44–52Source: The Book of Common Prayer Lord Jesus Christ, teach me to see. I have read Hosea before. But this morning I saw something I had never really seen. Hosea describes Israel as having wandered…
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Daily Office Reflection — September 19, 2026Psalms 87, 90, 136; Hosea 1:1–2:1; Acts 20:1–6; Luke 4:38–44
“Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.”— Psalm 90:12 I have been thinking about wisdom. What is it? Is wisdom subjective? Is it simply knowing more than I knew yesterday? Is it having the right answers? The longer I travel this pilgrimage, the less I think wisdom is…
