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New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

"A Liturgy for Morning Prayer," Upper Room Worshipbook

Used by permission from the Book of Common Worship, © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All rights reserved. This prayer appears in “A Liturgy for Morning Prayer” in Upper Room Worshipbook.

 

Today’s Reflection

My initial and lingering assumptions and hesitations about interfaith relationships began to shatter. Immersion into a religious tradition different from my own did not convert me, mix me up, or derail me. Rather, it launched my Christian reformation—a recommitment to my baptism, my call, and my choices.

—J. Dana Trent, Saffon CrossThe Unlikely Story of How a Christian Minister Married a Hindu Monk (Fresh Air Books, 2013)

Today’s Question

Consider the hesitations you’ve had about interfaith relationships. Who or what has challenged those assumptions? Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

From one person God created every human nation to live on the whole earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. God made the nations so they would seek him, perhaps even reach out to him and find him. In fact, God isn’t far away from any of us.
—Acts 17:26-27 (CEB)

Prayer for the Week

In your infinitude, O God, you humble me. As I strive to better understand you, help me recognize this striving in others. Your presence is revealed in so many beautiful ways. Amen.
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Something More

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Lectionary Readings

  • Jeremiah 1:4-10
  • Psalm 71:1-6
  • 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
  • Luke 4:21-30

Read the lectionary texts courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library here.

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1 Comment

  • robert moeller Posted January 31, 2025 5:25 am

    The closest I’ve come to interfaith relationships are protestant- catholic. or protestant-jewish. While challenges exist, relationships are quite possible. Soo Ok and I faced some challenges in our bi-racial marriage, but Christian faith was not one of them. Thank You, Lord

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