This daily devotional will explore ancient, tangible, relatable, spiritual practices that deepen our openness in and to the presence of God.
Sunday, May 23, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: Matthew 6:19–21 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and [...]
Saturday, May 22, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Spiritual Practice: Rule of Life Jenn Giles Kemper describes a Rule of [...]
Friday, May 21, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: Genesis 32: 26–28 But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with [...]
Thursday, May 20, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:17 Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. Spiritual Practice: Holy Communion Have you participated in eucharist virtually during the pandemic? In those first early spring 2020 weeks, when words like [...]
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Spiritual Practice: Retreat I am in the middle of researching and reading about Thomas Merton, a monk from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky who spent his [...]
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Spiritual Practice: Bible Study Maybe it should be obvious that bible study is a spiritual practice, but it is one often overlooked in our rush to become people in tune with the [...]
Monday, May 17, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. Spiritual Practice: Stewardship Stewardship means to care for that which has been entrusted to you. It means planning, managing, and safe keeping. It means tending, guiding, deciding, and creating an environment [...]
Sunday, May 16, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: Psalm 104:34 May my meditation be pleasing to God, as I rejoice in the Lord. Spiritual Practice: Meditation Christian Meditation places God (and not ourselves) at the center of one’s focus. It exists across seemingly every religion and has been practiced by this name or another for [...]
Saturday, May 15, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Scripture: Psalm 106:1 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good; God’s love endures forever. Spiritual Practice: Gratitude This is no foreign spiritual practice. You’ve done it, year after year. There’s nothing I can teach you about gratitude. I can only remind [...]
Friday, May 14, 2021 Katie Snipes Lancaster Spiritual Practice: Silence We just switched from incandescent (or maybe fluorescent) lights to LED lights in the sanctuary, and it makes a noticeable difference in our worship “production” these days (the only thing that’s weird is that its less and less weird every week to record [...]