Posts Categorized: Daily Reflections

A Season of Peace: Wednesday, September 16

  Walking Together on the Path to Peace Peace in Relationships  Rachel Anderson Luke 10:1  After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. Reflection: Road trip! Travel may be more fun with friends. Facing the unknown… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Tuesday, September 15

Restoring Peace in the Classroom  Peace in Relationships  Rachael Eggebeen James 1:19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. (NIV)    Matthew 18:15 “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Monday, September 14

Making Peace as a Child Peace in Relationships  Suzanne Gangemi Matthew 5:9 You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family. (“The Message”) Reflection: Children’s Ministry and peacemaking go together like hugs and kisses, like… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Sunday, September 13  

Family of Choice Peace in Relationships Henry Koenig Stone John 19:26–27 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Wednesday, September 9

Accepting Hope Peace Within  Elder Susan B. Orr 1 Timothy 4:10 “For to this end we toil and struggle, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.” Reflection: On Epiphany this year, I was given my first “Star Word” by a… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Tuesday, September 8

Peace that the Earth Can Give Peace Within Madison McKinney Job 12: 7–9 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Monday, September 7

Finding Refuge in Stillness Making Peace Within  Rev. Valerie Austin Psalm 46:5–7,10a God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns. The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; the Creator utters God’s voice, the earth melts. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is… Read more »

A Season of Peace: Sunday, September 6, 2020

  Casting Out Demons in the Mirror Peace Within Henry Koenig Stone Matthew 7:4–5 “Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see… Read more »

A Season of Peace: October 7, 2018, World Communion Sunday

  World Communion   By Rev. Patrick D. Heery Hebrews 1:1–4, 2:5–12 For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters.”   Reflection: What does it mean to receive Communion with the whole world on this day? Will we love… Read more »

Sunday, October 1, 2017

World Communion Sunday/Peace & Global Witness Offering Isaiah 58 Submitted by Rev. Jessica Hawkinson, Associate Chaplain, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not… Read more »