Today’s Reflection
Prayer helps us to become open, available, and responsive to God. Each word indicates a deeper level of our openness to God and to God’s work in our lives.
—L. Roger Owens with Mary Clare Owens, Praying Their Way: 24 Prayer Practices for Kids and the Adults Who Love Them (Upper Room Books, 2026)
Today’s Question
What word would you use to describe your level of openness (or closedness) to God? Can you take one step closer? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
—Psalm 139:17 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
God, you love me even when I forget to pray; have big, terrible feelings; or fail to notice you living in me. Thank you for wanting to be my friend all the time. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Micah 6:1-8
- Psalm 15
- 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
- Matthew 5:1-12
Read the lectionary texts courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library here.
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