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November 2012

November 22, 2012

Be a Reason for Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving and for many of us its a time for joy, for gathering...

November 19, 2012

Make Someone’s Day

Watch out for someone who needs something special--someone who has experienced a loss, is going...

October 2012

October 13, 2012

Security Blanket

Spend 20 minutes contemplating your life. What are the things in your life that help...

October 03, 2012

Clean Out Your Closet

Last month nearly three hundred people burned to death in a Pakistani clothing factory with...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

Make Someone’s Day

Part of the work of any Christian is to reflect Christ's work of being a...

August 2012

August 18, 2012

Love Someone

It may be simple, but today do whatever you can to show love to someone...

August 14, 2012

Feast of Jonathan Myrick Daniels

Jonathan Myrick Daniels is a martyr of the Episcopal Church. As a seminarian he worked...

August 09, 2012

Undoing the Magic of Money

Money is magical. It is hard not to be enthralled with its power. Try to...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Have Two, Give One

Mark Scandretti, in his wonderful book, Practicing the Way of Jesus introduces an exercise called...

July 13, 2012

Go to Those Who Ask

Jesus told us to "give to those who ask." Many of us solve this problem...

July 03, 2012

Cracks in the Sidewalk

What is the worst enemy of concrete? It isn't the grand machines of destruction--it is...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Show Up

Sometimes serving doesn't mean planning out a big project. Sometimes service just means being available;...

June 14, 2012

Pick Up Trash

Wherever you see it, pick up trash on the street or side walk or roadside....

May 2012

May 26, 2012

Plant Something

Dig in the ground, plant something in it, and commit to seeing that it flourishes....

April 2012

April 10, 2012

Proclaim the Gospel

"Proclaim the gospel always; use words when necessary." This quote attributed to St. Francis is...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

Welcome Beauty

God made the world as a place of beauty Bare witness to that beauty by...

February 09, 2012

The Good News

Read the newspaper, listen to the radio--what is going on in your city that the...

January 2012

January 16, 2012

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Read and reflect on "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Take today as a "day on" rather...