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Sabbath Devotional: By This "Shalmeno"
When someone is invoking the Lord’s name or support, see if they are trying to be like Jesus, as the Primary song teaches: “Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought.”
4 days ago


Sabbath Devotional: Frequent Fliers
We all have equal access to God, and it does not depend on your memory being perfect or complete or recent.
Oct 12


Sabbath Devotional: Liberating Peace
We can choose to turn our grief into love rather than hate — to use our mourning as a means to unite rather than divide.
Sep 28


Sabbath Devotional: A More Flexible Faith
Over the last few weeks, I have been considering what it looks like to prepare spiritually to be a flexible, faithful and functional...
Sep 21


Sabbath Devotional: Anchored in Christ and Strengthened in Community
Hope is a word we often hear, but it becomes real when we live it and when others share it with us. Hope is more than optimism or wishing...
Sep 14


Sabbath Devotional: Around an Open Table
I am sure I have shared this quote or one similar to it before, but it has been on my mind again so I thought it would be worth sharing...
Sep 7


Sabbath Devotional: New Futures of Hope Through the Infinite Atonement of Jesus Christ
Recently, in my personal life, I have experienced heartbreak on behalf of a child. Outside circumstances, the actions of others, and a...
Aug 30


Sabbath Devotional: Election Night, a Foam Cannon, and the Miracle of Cana
I was recently reminded of election night. I didn't cry, but I felt like it. For the first time in my life as a voter, every single human...
Aug 23


Sabbath Devotional: Personal Integrity
Over the years, I have thought often about Frederick Douglass’ description of the injury done to the souls of his oppressors. Speaking of...
Aug 17


Sabbath Devotional: Migraines, Grief, Family Separations, Self Care, and Peacemaking
(Note: I originally wrote this six years ago and was grateful to my younger self for her words when I found them again recently). I first...
Aug 10


Sabbath Devotional: No Manner of -ites
Several women have communicated with me about how they struggle to worship with fellow Saints on opposite sides of the political...
Aug 2


Sabbath Devotional: The Meek Shall Inherit
A woman I respect was recently interviewed by a journalist I also respect about the insufficiency of peacemaking as an approach to the...
Jul 27


Sabbath Devotional: Love in Closer
Today, I want to share some stories that have prompted me to reflect on what it looks like to love and move in closer—inspired by the...
Jul 19


Sabbath Devotional: Unto the Least of These
I was revisiting Isaiah 6 this week after seeing a verse of this scripture being used in a very spiritually manipulative and divisive...
Jul 13


Sabbath Devotional: God Bless America — My Prayer
As I contemplated how to write a devotional that encompasses both the celebration of independence and the context of our current events,...
Jul 5
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