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This is the sixth year that the students and young alumni of Duke PCM+ created an Advent devotional for the community, and this year it…

In these extraordinary times, Duke PCM+ is finding new ways to be a community of faith. One of those ways is through regular email reflections…

David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving is a classic Old Testament passage in that it is daunting in scope yet intensely relatable. David, a mighty king who…

This passage reminds me of an excerpt of the poem Desire of God by Frederick W. Faber: “But none honors God like the thirst of…

In the text today, we see God in all His glory—from his anger and divine frustration to his unconditional love. To the people of Zion…

I have always loved Advent. I love the season’s special promise, the sense of anticipation that there is something better coming. Even as a child,…

Today’s scripture is Luke 1:46b-55, referred to as Mary’s Song of Praise, or in Latin, the Magnificat, taken from Mary’s refrain, “My soul magnifies the…

1 Samuel 2:1-8 is a prayer of awe and wonder by Hannah after she gives birth to a son whom she had prayed for to…

In a scene from A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, Winnie and Piglet check on their friend Eeyore, who confesses to feeling “really rather Sad,…

Genesis 15 cuts deep and directly into a long-standing confusion in my faith. Namely, how does God involve himself in earthly affairs? It is all…

In this passage, Paul speaks of the goals of his ministry, namely, to preach to those who do not yet have a foundation in Christ.…

Earlier in this chapter of Isaiah, God stated how his people had gone to Egypt for help without asking him if that was the right…

The words from this Scripture passage that compel me the most are 15:5-7 (please reread these).  Paul expresses his wish for God to grant the…

A Story of Worth I’m not a theologian, and I’ll be honest: I don’t know much about why the Pharisees were so interested in figuring…