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Today’s Reflection
You are returning to a noisy world, a world of horn blowing and door slamming, of TV and radio, of cell phones and incessant conversation. It’s the world you left a few days ago. Reenter it cautiously.
—Ben Campbell Johnson and Paul H. Lang, Time Away: A Guide for Personal Retreat (Upper Room Books, 2010)
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Today’s Question
Even Jesus, in his time, could not escape the noise and crowds. How do you imagine Jesus prepared himself to return to the chaos of the world after he returned from prayer? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
—Mark 6:56 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
O God, I long to spend time with you. If not every hour, I lay aside this moment to draw near to you. Let me retreat into your arms if only for these few minutes. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Genesis 22:1-14
- Psalm 13
- Romans 6:12-23
- Matthew 10:40-42
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