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When the storm overtakes their boat, the disciples panic. Waves crash, wind howls and Jesus sleeps. “Save us, Lord! We are perishing!” they cry. But Jesus responds not with alarm but authority: “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?”
#2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA
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In the final verses of Matthew 7, Jesus compares those who say they follow him and those who act upon his teachings. He makes it abundantly clear that it is not enough to simply acknowledge him as “Lord,” but one must actually obey his teachings. #ThePresbyterianHistoricalSociety #ASeasonofPeace
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This passage reminds me of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” where two roads diverge in this wooden forest, with one chosen by many and another not as commonly trodden. It can also serve as a faith illustration for us. #MaryAnnLundy #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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During the Vietnam War, as bombs fell abroad and unrest simmered at home, a group of religious activists took a stand against what they saw as a moral and spiritual catastrophe. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #TheHarrisburgSeven #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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As Jesus speaks, he places in the hearts and minds of those listening an alternative vision of life that trusts that God is actively involved in all things, as seen in the birds of the air. #hunger #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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As we journey through this Season of Peace, we reflect not only on peace as a promise but also as a calling born from the midst of conflict and driven by courage. #2025PathofPeacereflections #PCUSA #ASeasonofPeace #PresbyterianChurchUSA #LoisStair
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The lectionary text for the day is located within Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. This particular chunk of text is known for its “you have heard it said … but I say …” statements. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA #FredRogers
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Psalm 54 is a cry for deliverance. The psalmist writes from a place of hurt, betrayal and persecution. Rather than succumb to their despair, the psalmist looks to the heavens for guidance. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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When I was little, I was obsessed with “The Borrowers” — a movie about a tiny family living under floorboards who survive by “borrowing” what humans won’t miss. Inspired, I began borrowing from my older sister. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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Margaret Towner knows something of this kind of legacy. In 1956, she became the first woman ordained as a minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s predecessor denomination, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. #ASeasonofPeace #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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When reading this passage, I imagine those listening to Jesus’ words pictured the light emanating from Jerusalem, a city built on a hill whose light can be seen from miles away. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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Matthew 5:14–16
When reading this passage, I imagine those listening to Jesus’ words pictured the light emanating from Jerusalem, a city built on a hill whose light can be seen from miles away. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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Peacemaking isn’t always marked by tranquility. Lewis was known for his fiery, urgent pursuit of justice, for what David Staniunas of the Presbyterian Historical Society calls an “impatient spirit.” #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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In 1859, John Haskell Shedd arrived in the isolated mountain town of Urmia, in northwest Persia. Shedd, along with his son William Ambrose, served as Presbyterian missionaries in the region for over four decades. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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One sure way to boggle the mind is to read the history of the American space program alongside our history of civil rights. Four years before the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space, where he spent just over 15 minutes. #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA
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Bent over her broom, her eyes searching every dark corner, every crevice in the floor … searching … searching … I can imagine Isabella Graham searching for pennies for the Penny Society she founded. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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Psalm 104 praises God as the Creator, Sustainer and Provider for all living things in God’s Creation. It reminds us of our place in the world as creatures in God’s magnificent Creation, inviting us to praise and thank God for the gift of another day in a beautiful world. #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA
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John the Baptist is crying out in the wilderness, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” He was preparing the way of the Lord. John the Baptist was a prophet in the mold of the prophet Isaiah. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA
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Imagine a population in desperate need of medical care praying Psalm 42 to God: “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk about mournfully because the enemy oppresses me?” #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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“He’s the last of the great churchmen.”
#2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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Jeremiah 18:1–11; Psalm 139: 1–6, 13–18 #2025PathofPeacereflections #ASeasonofPeace #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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Peace bookends the biblical story. In the beginning, God shapes a chaotic world, creates a world with life and light and creatures of all kinds, and blesses it with primal shalom. Then God rests to enjoy peace alongside all created things. #MinuteforMission #ASeasonofPeace #PresbyterianChurchUSA
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Daily devotionals will be sent to your inbox that highlight the work of Presbyterians and organizations that contributed to the civic and spiritual well-being of our church. Each offers an example of how peace can be pursued in tangible ways. #SpecialOfferings #PCUSA #ASeasonofPeace
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