Look: The Body of Christ, Caitlin Connolly - Source
Listen*: Jesus Shall Reign, Holy City Hymns - Bandcamp w/ lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Ezekiel 34:11-20; Psalm 95; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28; Matthew 25:31-46
Pray: Book of Common Prayer 2019, Collect for the Christ the King
Do: Advent begins next Sunday! Read last week's post where I share a bunch of exciting Advent news with you: 3 places to be together this Advent!
Read MoreLook: Behold the Celestial Bridegroom, Niklaos Gyzis - Source
Listen*: In Our Darkness, Taiźe (Scottish Festival Singers) - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; Psalm 90; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10; Matthew 25:14-30
Pray: Book of Common Prayer 2019, Collect for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Advent begins in two weeks! Read yesterday's post where I share a bunch of exciting Advent news with you: 3 places to be together this Advent
Read MoreI'm taking the space dedicated to Five-Minute Friday to share a bunch of exciting Advent news with you. I've been waking up between 4 and 6 every day the past couple of weeks like it's Christmas morning, excited to get to work on some projects for us to sink into the season of Advent beginning November 29.
Read MoreLook: Primavera III, Malgorzata Chodakowska - Source
Listen*: Keep Your Lamps, Cantus - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Amos 5:18-24; Psalm 70; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13
Pray: Book of Common Prayer 2019, Collect for the Twenty-Third Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Invite your friends to subscribe to Daybook Meditations for Advent!
Read MoreLook: All Saints icon, Unknown (Source)
Listen*: For All The Saints, RYM Worship - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Revelation 7:9-17; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Matthew 5:1-12
Pray: Book of Common Prayer 2019, Collect for All Saints' Day
Do: Listen to Malcolm Guite's sonnet for this day, and then read the words out loud on your own. All Saints.
Read MoreLook: Uğur Gallenkuş - (Source )
Listen*: We Will Make No Peace With Oppression, The Porter's Gate - Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Exodus 22:21-27; Psalm 1; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46
Pray: Book of Common Prayer 2019, Collect for the Twenty-First Sunday After The Pentecost
Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Withholding Judgment and is written by Br. David Vryhof (a real-life monk whom I've met and learned from in real life!).
Read MoreLook: Square C. Fourier, Project management: City of Vitry-sur-Seine (Source)
Listen*: Simple Gifts, Yo-Yo Ma & Alison Krauss - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Malachi 3:6-12; Psalm 96; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Withholding Judgment and is written by Br. David Vryhof (a real-life monk whom I've met and learned from in real life!).
Pray: Book of Common Prayer 2019, Collect for the Twentieth Sunday After The Pentecost
Read MoreLook: Francis of Assisi (Source)
Listen*: All Creatures of Our God and King, Rain for Roots - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80; Philippians 3:14-21; Matthew 21:33-44
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Eighteenth Sunday After The Pentecost & the Collect for the Feast Day of Saint Francis
Do: Read Canticle of the Sun (or Praise of the Creatures), preferably outside in a place where you can say it out loud without feeling too silly. I suspect Francis would encourage us to just get over feeling silly anyway!
Read MoreLook: The Return, James B. Janknegt (Source)
Listen**: Psalm 25, Red Rocks Worship - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube (cover)
Read**: Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32; Psalm 25; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:28-32
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Seventeenth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Praying the Psalms and is written by (the wonderful!) Ted Wueste.
Read MoreLook: Fall Sunflowers, Helen Gotlib (Source)
Listen*: Dead Horse, Andy Squyres Lyrics at Bandcamp | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Genesis 50:15-21; Psalm 103; Romans 14:5-12; Matthew 18:21-35
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Fifteenth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Praying the Psalms and is written by (the wonderful!) Ted Wueste.
Read MoreLook: Jonah Under His Gourd, Maarten Van Heemskerck (Source)
Listen*: People, Jonathan McReynolds Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Jonah 3:10—4:11; Psalm 145; Philippians 1:21-27; Matthew 20:1-16
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Sixteenth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Praying the Psalms and is written by (the wonderful!) Ted Wueste.
Read MoreLook: Wind, Denis Sarazhin - (Source) (H/T: Art & Theology)
Listen*: Instrument of Peace, (new release!) The Porter's Gate - Lyrics | Spotifylyric | YouTube
Read**: Ezekiel 33:1-11; Psalm 119:33-48; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 18:15-20
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Fourteenth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Praying the Psalms and is written by (the wonderful!) Ted Wueste.
Read MoreLook: Cup of Suffering, Nicholas Mynheer (Source)
Listen*: Your Will Be Done (Acoustic), City Alight - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics
Read**: Jeremiah 15:15-21; Psalm 26; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:21-27
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Thirteenth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Self-Care and is written by (the wonderful!) Genalin Niere-Metcalf.
Read MoreLook: The Repentant Saint Peter (1820-1824), Francisco Goya (Source)
Listen*: Jesus, With Thy Church Abide, Indelible Grace (Andrew Osenga) - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Isaiah 51:1-6; Psalm 138; Romans 11:25-36; Matthew 16:13-20
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twelfth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Self-Care and is written by (the wonderful!) Genalin Niere-Metcalf.
Read MoreLook: Christ with the Canaanite Woman and Her Daughter (1909), Henry Ossawa Tanner (Source)
Listen*: Healed in Christ, Sarah Hart - Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Isaiah 56:1-8; Psalm 67; Romans 11:13-24; Matthew 15:21-28
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Eleventh Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Self-Care and is written by (the wonderful!) Genalin Niere-Metcalf.
Read MoreLook: Israel (2011), Mike Moyers (Source)
Listen*: Come O Thou Traveller Unknown, written by Charles Wesley, performed by Maddy Prior & The Carnival - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Ninth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read the lyrics from today's music as a prayer. What longing do you carry that feels desperate enough to wrestle with God?
Read MoreLook: World's Smallest Seed, James B. Janknegt (Source)
Listen*: Field, Keaton Henson (feat. Ren Ford) - Spotify | YouTube
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Eighth Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Rest and is written by (the wonderful!) Adele Ahlberg Calhoun.
Read MoreLook: The Weeders, by Jules Breton (Source)
Listen*: Your Love Endures, Darren and Jessie Clarke - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Psalm 86; Romans 8:18-25; Matthew 13:24-30,34-43
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Seventh Sunday After The Pentecost
Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Rest and is written by (the wonderful!) Adele Ahlberg Calhoun.
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