Today’s Reflection
Spiritual formation and contemplative prayer practices, like reflective reading of scripture, enable us to slow the pace of our busy minds and lives. Without reflective moments, our minds race along, captured by the most recent trend or product. It’s astonishing how many words and images we encounter each day, all competing for our attention. It is more important than ever to find time when we may be called into praise and hope for victory over life’s challenges. We receive this gift in worship with others. Worship invites us into reflection on our own life through scripture, exhortation of the Word, prayers, hymns, and support of the community. We emerge refreshed and ready for the week ahead.
—Dwight H. Judy, A Quiet Pentecost: Inviting the Spirit into Congregational Life (Upper Room Books, 2013)
Today’s Question
Does the experience of worship give adequate space for silence, for the opportunity to receive and reflect on the message? [question from A Quiet Pentecost by Dwight H. Judy] Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty firmament!
—Psalm 150:1 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
Come, Holy Spirit. Come.
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Lectionary Readings
Day of Pentecost
- Acts 2:1-21
- Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
- Romans 8:14-17
- John 14:8-17, (25-27)
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