Daily readings for Thursday April 23, 2026: Psalm 23; Exodus 2:15b-25; 1 Peter 2:9-12

For the day's journey: "May you discover that this love is as wide as the sky and as small as the cracks in your heart no one else knows about, and may you know, deep in your bones, that love wins." Rob Bell

Mid-Week Meditation this evening at 7PM from the parsonage on Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/gentlespiritcc
"Total Recall" John 21:13-14

Daily readings for Wednesday April 22, 2026: Psalm 134; Exodus 24:1-11; John 21:1-14

I just began to wonder if anybody still believed Jesus meant those things he said.” Shane Claiborne

For the day's journey: “Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only Jesus would declare God's blessing on the po0r rather than on the rich and would insist that it's not enough to just love your friends.

Daily readings for Tuesday April 21, 2026: Psalm 134; Proverbs 8:32-9:6; 1 Peter 2:1-3

For the day's journey: "No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others." Eugene H. Peterson

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Our Bible study continues Monday at 7pm Eastern via Zoom. Week 2 (April 20), All are welcome. "The Complexity of Human Systems" gentlespirit.org/bible-study/

Daily readings for Monday April 20, 2026: Psalm 134; Genesis 18:1-14; 1 Peter 1:23-25

For the day's journey: “If we are too focused on looking for the dramatic, we might miss the sacred in the ordinary.” Pastor Paul

How the U.S. Supreme Court Just Gave New Life To So-Called 'Conversion Therapies' Conservatives lauded the 8-1 ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, which centered on conversion therapies, that therapists' speech is protected by the First Amendment.

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Conservatives lauded the 8-1 ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, which centered on conversion therapies, that therapists' speech is protected by the First Amendment.

Welcome to the New Week: “And here is what happened: He sat down at the table with them. Taking the bread, he blessed and broke and gave it to them. At that moment, open-eyed, wide-eyed, they recognized him. And then he disappeared. Luke 24:31

Daily readings for Saturday April 18, 2026: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; Isaiah 25:6-9; Luke 14:12-14

For the day's journey: "Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues." Krista Tippett

Daily readings for Friday April 17, 2026: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; Isaiah 26:1-4; 1 Peter 1:13-16

For the day's journey: "I had come to see that the great tragedy of the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor.” Shane Claiborne

Daily readings for Thursday April 16, 2026: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; Isaiah 25:1-5; 1 Peter 1:8b-12

For the day's journey: "For me, faith is about believing in those things you can't see and at times can't understand. I've been really blessed to have people who are open to that and stick around. Not everyone does stick around, though." Jay Bakker

Mid-Week Meditation this evening 7PM from the parsonage and on Facebook Live. "What Evidence Do You Need?" Matthew 12:38-42

Daily readings for Wednesday April 15, 2026: Psalm 114; Jonah 2:1-10; Matthew 12:38-42

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Whosoever.org workday. Working from home today, major dental stuff tomorrow, so I am asking for your prayers. Taking these words along for the day's journey: "There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true." Soren Kierkegaard

Daily readings for Tuesday April 14, 2026: Psalm 114; Jonah 1:1-17; 1 Corinthians 15:19-28

For the day's journey: "The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do." Barbara Brown Taylor

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Tonight, Bible Study resumes with "Forgiveness 2.0" 7PM Everyone is welcome gentlespirit.org/bible-study/

Daily readings for Monday April 13, 2026: Psalm 114; Judges 6:36-40; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

For the day's journey: "You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own." Flannery O'Connor

Welcome to the New Week: “Jesus said, “So, you believe because you’ve seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.” John 20:29

"When I hear an astronaut speak of Jesus’ love at a distance of over 250,000 miles from Earth, something in me settles. Something in me remembers. Something in me hopes. Because that is the Jesus I know. And that is the Jesus the world needs," writes Liz Queyrel.

Daily readings for Saturday April 11, 2026: Psalm 16; Song of Solomon 8:6-7; John 20:11-20