Category: Daily Office Reflections
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What Is God Saying to Us Today?
Daily Office Readings – Monday, July 13, 2026 Readings: Psalm 25; 1 Samuel 18:5–16, 27b–30; Acts 11:19–30; Mark 1:29–45 One word echoes throughout today’s readings: grace. The psalmist prays, “Remember not the sins of my youth… according to your steadfast love remember me” (Psalm 25). He reminds us that God is “gracious and upright.” Grace…
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What Is God Saying Through This Week’s Daily Office Readings?
Daily Office Readings Monday: Psalm 1; 1 Samuel 15:1–23; Acts 9:19–31; Luke 23:44–56 Tuesday: Psalm 5; 1 Samuel 15:24–35; Acts 9:32–43; Luke 23:56–24:11 Wednesday: Psalm 119:1–24; 1 Samuel 16:1–13; Acts 10:1–16; Luke 24:13–35 Thursday: Psalm 18; 1 Samuel 16:14–17:11; Acts 10:17–33; Luke 24:36–53 Friday: Psalm 16; 1 Samuel 17:17–30; Acts 10:34–48; Mark 1:1–13 Saturday: Psalm…
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What Is God Saying to Us?
One of the questions I hear most often is, “How do you know what God is saying?” Followers of Jesus have wrestled with that question for two thousand years. In the Wesleyan tradition, and now as an Episcopalian, I have come to appreciate four sources that help us discern God’s voice: Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and…
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My Help Comes from the Lord
Daily Office Readings: Psalm 121, 1 Samuel 11:1–15, Acts 8:1–13, Luke 22:63–71 “The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in, from this time forth for evermore.” — Psalm 121:8 One of the most familiar affirmations in Scripture is found in Psalm 121: “My help comes from the Lord.” Those words sound comforting…
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Who Is Like the Lord?
Curious Pilgrim Daily Office ReflectionPsalm 89 • Ezekiel 2:1–7 • Acts 11:1–18 “Who is like you, O Lord God of hosts?” (Psalm 89:8) Every generation answers that question. Some conclude there is no God at all. Others are uncertain and call themselves agnostic. Some believe God created the universe but remains distant and uninvolved. Many…
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The Curious Pilgrim
God Is Already at Work “The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” — Psalm 118:14 One of the greatest mysteries of faith is that God is often doing His deepest work before we recognize it. Today’s Daily Office readings invite us to look back over our lives and…
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The Curious Pilgrim
Learning Wisdom by Remembering Mercy Daily Office Reflection – Psalm 107, 1 Samuel 9:15–10:1, Acts 7:30–43, Luke 22:39–51 “Whoever is wise will ponder these things and consider well the mercies of the Lord.”—Psalm 107:43 There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge fills our minds. Wisdom shapes our lives. Most of us do not…
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The God Who Never Changes
Curious Pilgrim Daily Office Reflection Daily Office Readings: Psalm 102, 1 Samuel 9:1–14, Acts 7:17–29, Luke 22:31–38 “But you, O Lord, endure forever.” — Psalm 102:12 “You are always the same, and your years shall have no end.” — Psalm 102:27 There are moments when the world feels as though everything is changing. Nations rise…
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Who Is the Greatest?
Daily Office Readings: Psalm 105 • 1 Samuel 8:1–22 • Acts 6:15–7:16 • Luke 22:24–30 “The greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves.” — Luke 22:26 It seems almost unbelievable. On the very night Jesus shared the Last Supper with His disciples, knowing the cross lay only…
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The Refiner’s Fire and the Song of Grace
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on Psalm 98, Malachi 3:1–5, and John 3:22–30 Growing up, I often heard God described more as a judge waiting to punish than as a loving Father seeking to restore. The sermons of my childhood frequently emphasized hellfire, damnation, and condemnation. As a young boy, I learned to fear God long…
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