Tue Dec 2-A Charlie Brown Christmas
I watch the Charlie Brown holiday specials every year, and there is always something to take away from them.
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The daily devotional published Monday-Friday by Medford UMC. Click on the devotional title to read that day’s post.
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Mon Dec 1-The Hope of Advent
Advent is a season of waiting, hope, and anticipation—but it’s also a time when the weight of the world can press in on us.
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Fri Nov 28-Forever!
Can you name something that lasts forever? I can’t think of anything. Everything we know of has an ending. Even our planet has finite water and oxygen and the Sun, the star we depend on for light, has a five billion year expiration date. So when we read today’s Psalm to the very last twenty-sixth verse,
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Thu Nov 27-Thankfulness
Today is Thanksgiving. What better day to ask, “What does it mean to “be thankful?”
Medieval theologian Meister Eckhart believed, “If the only prayer you say in your whole life is ‘Thank You,’ that would suffice.” According to Merriam Webster “thankful” means “to be glad that something has happened or not happened,
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Wed Nov 26-Unique Praises
Comparison is a dangerous thing. We know already that it steals joy. But it does something even more corrosive: it steals gratitude. The moment we fix our eyes on what someone else has, we stop seeing the gifts that are already in our hands. Gratitude cannot grow in a heart preoccupied with someone else’s harvest.
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Tue Nov 25 – God’s Face
God has eyes for seeing anyone who is lost, a mouth to sing to anyone feeling sad, and arms to catch anyone who falls.
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Fri Nov 21-Love and Pray
Loving your neighbor doesn’t require having warm and fuzzy feelings for him or her; it means seeking their well-being.
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Thu Nov 20-Hurling Sins into the Sea
This week, I had an experience with a family that I have had before and will probably have again.
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Wed Nov 19-A Masterpiece in Progress
I turned 23 back in May, and honestly, it felt like the age of comparison. I work in a demanding field, and every time I scroll through social media, it feels like I’m bombarded by people who have it all figured out.
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Tue Nov 18-New Every Morning
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” No one is quite sure who said it first—it’s often credited to Churchill, but there’s no record of him ever saying it. Still, the wisdom stands. Giving up is easy. Persevering—especially when life feels heavy—is hard.
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Mon Nov 17-Escaping the Pit
We all experience seasons when life feels muddy and heavy—when every step seems to slip, every effort sinks, and progress feels impossible. In those moments, we may feel stuck in what David calls a “pit of death,” a place where hope feels distant and strength feels thin.
