Today’s Reflection GRACIOUS LORD, you sang all that exists into being: give me a voice to sing your praise in all that I do, a heart to seek harmony with all your creation, and a spirit of gratitude and thanksgiving to tune my heart to the keynote of my life, my ... Continue

Today’s Reflection Ways to Cultivate Gratitude 1. Make a gratitude list. Write down 7–10 things on the list each day. Download a Gratitude app to your mobile device or purchase a blank book specifically for keeping your gratitude list. 2. Say a grace before each meal. Also say a grace before you engage ... Continue

Today’s Reflection YOU WERE NEVER INTENDED to live in isolation. God did not design you to go it alone. You need the body of Christ to surround and support you. Just as importantly, the body of Christ needs you!… God wants you to be in community as a way to protect you ... Continue

Today’s Reflection GOD, WHY IS IT SO HARD for me to cast my burdens upon you? Scripture tells me to give you my worries, but I keep taking them back as if I can’t trust you.Who am I to doubt the Creator’s ability to deal with my doubts and fears? When ... Continue

“THE PROCESS OF RELEASING and receiving is … an integral part of our spiritual journey. We let go of pride in order to receive other people’s loving generosity. We let go of preconceived notions in order to gain new insights. We let go of painful memories in order to begin ... Continue

Today’s Reflection PRAYER BEGINS with relinquishment, with letting go. You can’t have a good conversation with someone when you’re preoccupied and your mind is elsewhere. You turn off the TV, unplug the iPod, put your project on standby, and give your undivided attention to the other person. Okay, it’s possible to have ... Continue

Today’s Reflection WE MUST BE OPEN to letting God change us. Inner change is not just a do-it-yourself job. We all know what usually happens when we grit our teeth, clench our knuckles, and try to change ourselves through our own efforts. We come up short. While there might be some outward ... Continue

Today’s Reflection PEOPLE WHO ARE IN AN ACTIVE GROWTH process can expect to change. Sometimes it seems as though they shed their old skin, almost becoming different people, or perhaps they just become more profoundly themselves to shine. They give up control and find in themselves new flexibility. They may discover ... Continue

Today’s Reflection ALL CHANGE INVOLVES leaving behind something known in order to move toward the new and unknown. It means releasing the way things were in order to embrace the way things are and the way things will be…. Understanding our past is important, but our lives are meant to be ... Continue

Today’s Reflection GRACIOUS LORD, you are the beginning and ending of all things, my center and my circumference: root and fix me in you in such a way that my soul finds rest in its true home and never stops growing in grace, safe and secure in your loving embrace. Amen. - ... Continue