“God is the one who opens up truth, for each one of us personally, for our communities and politicians, for our troubled world.” Elizabeth Welch considers Psalm 57 in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://t.co/ypLdevG84A
Image: NurseryArt | Pexels
#URC
“The David and Bathsheba story is well known; Hollywood promoted it as a love story... It’s not often, however, that we name David for what he was - a voyeur, rapist, and murderer.” Andy Braunston in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://t.co/UO9ajcnNyz
Image: MRochester | Unsplash
“Forgiveness can be a weapon we use against ourselves. Yet, perhaps, we could reimagine forgiveness to be something rather liberating.” Andy Braunston considers the Our Father in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://t.co/cjpFIHAMii
Image: Nelson Ribeiro | Pexels
#URC
“Now, in a very different denomination, I see our colleges put great emphasis on reflective practice…to learn from both mistakes and successes…” Andy Braunston muses on ministerial self-awareness in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://t.co/i1bs5LgljA
Image: Pixabay
“The trauma experienced by the remnant that is left is profound; we have seen the bad shepherds betray their vows, their people, and God.” Andy Braunston ponders good and bad shepherds in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://t.co/tmJF3gUZUQ
Image: v2osk| Unsplash
#URC
“I have walked out of Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot twice. During my A Levels, and in my twenties erroneously thinking I might have grown into it…Andy Braunston starts a series on Safeguarding in today’s #DailyDevotion
https://t.co/HsKqcw55UR
Image: Canva
#URC
“We are sustained through God’s ever-living Word, Jesus Christ, met in Scripture and Sacrament, and held safe in the knowledge that in God’s good time we, along with all creation, will be redeemed.” Andy Braunston in today’s Daily Devotion. https://t.co/rrXkCPM3rc.
“James focuses both on the prayers of individuals – pray when you are suffering or happy – and on communal prayer – if you are sick, call the elders of the church to pray for you and anoint you.” Ruth Armstrong in today’s Daily Devotion. https://t.co/wOkmQ7sWn7.
In modern translations (at least Spearing's), Julian of Norwich says that god rewards his friends with "glorious gratitude." Already a remarkable inversion of how God might be imagined in a feudal world. But what the text actually says is a "worshipful thank."