Look:Treasure (print), Nikki McClure - Source

Listen: Take My Life and Let It Be, Paul Zach - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics

Read: Amos 5:6-15; Psalm 90:1-12; Psalm 90:13-17; Hebrews 3:1-6; Mark 10:17-31

Readings for the rest of the week*: Psalm 115; Ezekiel 34:1-16; Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 12:35-48; 1 Peter 4:7-11

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twentieth Week After Pentecost

Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.

+ Register for the third (and final) virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time: Enjoy Work & Rest.

When: October 14, 11:30am - 1:30 pm (includes 40 minutes offline for personal reflection)

Who: Anyone who longs to live in the unforced rhythms of grace Jesus offers us to enjoy work and rest.

How: Read all of the details and register at this link.

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Look: The Basket of Bread (Rather Death than Shame), Salvador Dali - Source

Listen: Daily Bread, Strahan - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: (Sunday) Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 8; Hebrews 2:1-8; Hebrews 2:9-18; Mark 10:2-16

Readings for the rest of the week*: Exodus 16; Deuteronomy 8; Psalm 3; Psalm 127; Mark 1:29-39; Mark 8:1-21

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost

Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.

+ Register for the third (and final) virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time: Enjoy Work & Rest.

When: October 14, 11:30am - 1:30 pm (includes 40 minutes offline for personal reflection)

Who: Anyone who longs to live in the unforced rhythms of grace Jesus offers us to enjoy work and rest.

How: Read all of the details and register at this link.

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Look: An Autumn Morning, Henry Herbert La Thangue - Source

Listen: Establish the Work of Our Hands, The Porter’s Gate, feat. Aaron Keyes & Urban Doxology - Bandcamp w/ Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: (Sunday) Numbers 11:4-6; Numbers 11:10-17; Numbers 11:24-29; Psalm 19:1-6; Psalm 19:7-14; James 4:7-12; James 5:6-20; Mark 9:38-48

Readings for the rest of the week*: Genesis 1:24-31; 2:1-25; Psalm 90; Luke 5:1-11; Acts 16; Romans 8:28-39; Colossians 3:22-41

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Eighteenth Week After Pentecost

Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship. In the company of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, ask this question prayerfully: What is one thing you have learned about vocation that has a direct bearing on how you should think or go about your work, whether in a paid job or in you home or in your community?

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Look: A deer wanders through heavy smoke in front of a row of burned cars during the Dixie fire in Greenville, California on Aug. 6. The enormous wildfire has been burning since mid-July and is the largest in the state's history, Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images - Source

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Read: (Sunday) Wisdom 1:16-2:1; Wisdom 2:12-22; Psalm 54; James 3:16-4:6; Mark 9:30-37

Readings for the rest of the week*: Psalm 42-43; Psalm 131; Matthew 11:28-30; 2 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 1:15-23; 3:14-21

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost

Do: For this middle seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider a cycle of God’s love that alternates between permission to love ourselves and the imperative to love our neighbor. Set aside some extended time alone this week for quiet contemplation; give attention to the state of your soul, and open yourself to God’s loving and healing presence.

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Look: Bless Those, W. Hemmerling - Source

Listen: Prayer of St. Francis, Laura Mvula - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: (Sunday) Isaiah 50:4-9; Psalm 116:1-9; Psalm 116:10-16; James 2:1-18; Mark 9:14-29

Readings for the rest of the week*: Genesis 32 - 33; Exodus 33:12-34:9; Psalm 103; Matthew 5:38-48; Matthew 18:21-35; Romans 12:14-21

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Sixteenth Week After Pentecost

Do: For this middle seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider a cycle of God’s love that alternates between permission to love ourselves and the imperative to love our neighbor. As you bask in the forgiveness of God through Christ, ask the Holy Spirit to bring to your mind someone in your life that you might need to forgive for some wrong against you.

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Look: Be of Love (a little) More Careful Than of Everything (four works), Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) - Source

Listen: The Greatest Commandment, The Porter’s Gate - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Love Will Never Fail, The Porter’s Gate, feat. Leslie Jordan - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: (Sunday) Isaiah 35:4-7; Psalm 146; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:31-37

Readings for the rest of the week*: 1 Samuel 18:1-9; 20:1-42; Psalm 101; Matthew 6:19-24; Matthew 13:1-23; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4:7-21

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost

Do: For this middle seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider a cycle of God’s love that alternates between permission to love ourselves and the imperative to love our neighbor. As you meditate on the shape of love from 1 Corinthians 13, choose one facet of love to offer each person you encounter this week (including your own self.)

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