Gordon Stewart: Elijah Cummings and the Blue Note Gospel
Elijah Cummings never seemed to get too big for his britches. He seemed unaffected by praise or the lack of it — “a speaker” whose soul was uncorrupted by the need for public praise.
30 Days With Abraham Lincoln: Help Us Launch a Whole New Way to Bring Americans Together
Now you can join in this call to spiritually reunite our nation by becoming part of the first wave of readers of 30 Days with Abraham Lincoln—Quiet Fire. This inspirational book collects 30 stories along with links to listen to the original broadcast of each daily story as well.
Frederick Buechner's Weekly Sermon Illustration: Jeremiah
In our blog post every week we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic. This Sunday we will celebrate the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost. Here is this week’s reading from Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22...
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Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Sharing Your Faith
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Humility
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Ahab, Naboth, and Jezebel
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: You Do Not Need to Understand Healing to be Healed
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Elijah
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Nickolet's Sermon Writing for Pentecost
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Introducing FaithGoods!
Day1 presents our new FaithGoods.com website, where you can purchase quality apparel, accessories, books, and other resources to grow and share your faith--and support the Day1 ministry!
Frederick Buechner Special Sermon Illustration: Good Friday
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Frederick Buechner Special Sermon Illustration: The Lord's Supper
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Frederick Buechner Sermon Illustration: Recognizing
In our blog post every Monday we select a reading from the Revised Common Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday, and pair it with a Frederick Buechner reading on the same topic.
Kurt Lammi: Why Pray?
If we have conflicted feelings about prayer, even though we know prayer is important, then why do we really pray? What is prayer really for? Is there a right way to pray?
Henry Brinton: Seeking True Christmas Spirit? Consider Diving Deeper This Year
Did you ever think: Our daily social media fixes are really weapons of mass distraction? Read Henry Brinton's column from ReadtheSpirit.com
Judith Valente on ”˜How to Live’: What St. Benedict’s 6th Century Text Can Teach Us About Our Communities Today
Judith Valente’s new book, How to Live, is so timely that we invited her to write our Cover Story, this week, focusing in particular on wisdom from the 6th Century Rule of St. Benedict about leadership. In this column, she is drawing on just one of the nearly two dozen reflections in her new book.
From One Minster to Another
October is Clergy Appreciation Month, so from one minister to another, Thank You.
David Crumm: C.S. Lewis Is Alive and Well! Why an Oxford-Cambridge Professor who Died 55 Years Ago Remains a Best-Selling Author
Clive Staples Lewis is back! HarperOne has just released two new C.S. Lewis books that fans of the prolific Christian author should regard as magical wardrobes””literary doorways that open into the world of Lewis’s creative mind and heart.
Benjamin Pratt on the James Bond Bible Study: ”˜Do you have the courage to open your eyes?’
“Do you have the courage to open your eyes to the many guises of evil in our times?” That’s a line from a reviewer’s recommendation of my book, Ian Fleming’s Seven Deadlier Sins and 007’s Moral Compass, which was published 10 years ago this autumn.