Tag: david
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When life wounds us, where do we place our trust?
Readings: Psalm 55 • 2 Samuel 1:1–16 • Acts 15:22–35 • Mark 6:1–13 Life has a way of placing burdens on our shoulders. Sometimes those burdens come through grief. Sometimes through disappointment, conflict, betrayal, or uncertainty. The question today’s readings ask is simple: What do we do with those burdens? The psalmist gives us the…
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What God Is Saying Through Today’s Daily Office Readings
Readings: Psalm 50 • 1 Samuel 28:3–20 • Acts 15:1–11 • Mark 5:1–20 The psalmist opens today’s readings with these words: “Our God comes and does not keep silence… Out of Zion, perfect in its beauty, God reveals himself in glory.” God is not hidden. God desires to be known. The question is not whether…
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The Curious Pilgrim
What God Is Saying Through Today’s Daily Office Readings Readings: Psalm 119:49–72 • 1 Samuel 25:23–44 • Acts 14:19–28 • Mark 4:35–41 Storms come in many forms. Some are the storms of nature. Others are storms of conflict, disappointment, fear, grief, or uncertainty. None of us escape them. Jesus had spent the day teaching and…
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The Curious Pilgrim
Daily Office Reflections – Monday, July 20 God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways Readings: Psalm 41 • 1 Samuel 24:1–22 • Acts 13:44–52 • Mark 4:1–20 Today’s Daily Office readings reveal a timeless truth: God’s purposes never change, but our response to them does. The psalmist reminds us that God is eternal. “Blessed be the…
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What Is God Saying to Us Today?
Daily Office Readings – Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Readings: Psalm 38; 1 Samuel 20:1–23; Acts 12:18–25; Mark 2:13–22 The psalmist prays, “O Lord, you know all my desires, and my sighing is not hidden from you.” (Psalm 38:9) What a comforting thought. We may hide our fears, disappointments, and longings from others, but nothing is…
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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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When God Is Silent: Saul, Psychics, and the Voices We Choose to Trust
A devotional reflection on 1 Samuel 28 There are moments in life when silence feels unbearable. The phone doesn’t ring.The prayer goes unanswered.The future feels dangerous and unknown. It is in moments like these that the ancient story of Saul in 1 Samuel 28 becomes painfully modern. A king in the dark By the time…
The Curious Pilgrim 