Tag: grace
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Jerusalem Was Ahead
I finished writing Mysterious Grace: Breaking Ground before I began reading The Way of a Pilgrim. Perhaps that is why the ending of the pilgrim’s story affected me as deeply as it did. I did not borrow his ending for my story. After writing my own, I discovered that his journey helped me understand something…
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Grace Was There Before I Knew Its Name
Scripture: Philippians 1:6 “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.”— Philippians 1:6 I have been slowly reading The Way of the Pilgrim. It is one of those books I don’t want to hurry through. Sometimes something…
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Will You Continue With Me?
Daily Office Readings for August 25, 2026: Psalm 5, 6, 10, 11; Job 6:1–4, 8–15, 21; Acts 9:32–43; John 6:60–71 I read all of the Daily Office readings today, but I keep coming back to the Gospel reading. Sometimes one passage says something to me that is too important to mix with everything else. Today,…
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The Rest of the Story: What Are We Really Looking For?
Daily Office ReflectionsWednesday, August 19, 2026 Readings: Psalm 119:145–176; Psalms 128–130; Judges 18:16–31; Acts 8:14–25; John 6:1–15 Paul Harvey made famous the phrase: “And now you know…the rest of the story.” Today’s Daily Office readings give us something like that. Yesterday we met people making choices. Today we discover where some of those choices led.…
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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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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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Mysterious Grace
By Roy (Will) Pearson, The Curious Pilgrim Mysterious Grace One of the primary sources of truth I follow is the sacred writings. As a follower of Jesus, I consider the books of the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha to be my primary source for understanding life. One of the principles that has…
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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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Every Family Has Stories Worth Remembering
There is an old saying, “You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family.” Every family has stories they celebrate and stories they would rather keep hidden. Yet those hidden stories are just as much a part of who we are. Growing up, I never knew my grandparents. They had all died before…
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God Desires Life
A Curious Pilgrim Reflection on Psalm 105, Ezekiel 18:1-4, 19-32, Hebrews 7:18-28, and Luke 10:25-37 One of the blessings of praying the Daily Office is discovering how seemingly unrelated passages of Scripture often weave together into a single message. Today’s readings come from different centuries, different writers, and different circumstances, yet they all point toward…
