Yoke of Freedom: Ordinary Time Daybook for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Look: Miriam's Song, Laura James (Source)

Listen*: Everybody Wants Freedom, Demonstrators at March in Selma - Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Zechariah 9:9-12; Psalm 145:1-21; Romans 7:21-8:6; Matthew 11:25-30

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Fifth 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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Ordinary Time Daybook: The smallest acts (8A)

Look: Landscape, Jian Chong Min (Source)

Listen*: In Peace, Matt Searles, feat. Janice Cowherd - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13; Jeremiah 28:5-9; Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Fourth Sunday After The Pentecost

Do: Today's gospel reading invites us into the tension of work and rest. Spend some time this week meditating and praying from the passage.

Also, consider joining us for 3 (online) contemplative retreats this summer to hear God's invitation for the large work and the smallest acts for contending for peace and justice.

The first mini-retreat is this Tuesday, June 30!

You can find all the registration details here.

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Empowered to Give, Receive, and Be Love: Pentecost Saturday

Look: Jae-Im Kim (Korean), The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost, 1996. Collage.

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 55; Ecclesiastes 5:8-20; Galatians 3:23-4:11; Matthew15:1-20

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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Empowered to Heal: Pentecost Friday

Look: The Space Between Triptych 16, Jane Guthrie - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 40, 54; Ecclesiastes 5:1-7; Galatians 3:15-22; Matthew 14:22-36

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section

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Pentecost Thursday: Empowered to Speak

Look: Pentecost Art Installation (2009), Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 8, 84; Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3; Galatians 3:1-14; Mathew 14:13-21

*note: I included the evening Psalm instead of the morning because I'm so late in posting this today!

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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Pentecost Wednesday: Empowered to Pray

Look:

1. Pentecost, Sister Corita Kent - Source

2. Word Picture: Gift of Tongues, Sister Corita Kent - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 49, 53; Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; Galatians 2:11-21; Matthew 14:1-12

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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#BlackOutTuesday for Pentecost

It's occurred to me that some of the folks in our Patreon community don't know me in other online settings and that I want to make sure I'm promoting and amplifying the voices of people of color in all places I give voice.

In place of my scheduled Pentecost Daybook post today, I want to reshare from my Facebook and Instagram accounts this list of people I'm listening to, learning from, and hoping to offer love and support. I'll be back tomorrow with our next Pentecost Daybook post.

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Pentecost Monday: Empowered as Joint Heirs With Christ

Look: Pentecost, Makoto Fujimura - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 41, 52; Ecclesiastes 2:1-15; Galatians 1:1-17; Matthew 13:44-52

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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Day of Pentecost: Love One Another

Look:

1. Pentecost as one of 32 interior paintings in the Book of the Gospels by Laura James in her Christian Ethiopian style - Source

2. Love One Another, Laura James

Listen: The Blessing - YouTube

Read: Numbers 11:24-30; Psalm 104:24-35; Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39

Pray: Collect for Day of Pentecost, Book of Common Prayer

Do: The Anglican Multi-Ethnic Network invites you to join them for a service of prayer and lament for recent events THIS EVENING (Sunday, May 31) at 8 pm EST via a Zoom webinar. Brian and I and several folks from our church and other churches we love will be there!

The event link is here.

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Fifth Sunday of Easter: Shake Your Graveclothes Off + Join Me For An Eastertide Livestream on Tuesday!

Look: The Dead Shall Be Raised, Jae-Im Kim (Korean, contemporary). - Source

Listen: Graveclothes, Bird Talker - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Fifth Sunday of Easter

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection.

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Third Sunday of Easter: The Meal We Could Not Make

Listen: The Meal We Could Not Make, Son of Laughter - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Also, you can listen to my new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to youraccount by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Read: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35

Daily readings for this week are included in the Practice Resurrection guidebook, and available as a PDF at Church of the Apostles' homepage.

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Third Sunday of Easter

Almighty God, you gave your only Son to be for us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of godly living: Give us grace thankfully to receive his inestimable benefits, and daily to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection.

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Second Sunday of Easter: Come Love, See My Hands

Look: After Resurrection, He Qi- Source

Listen: Come Love, See My Hands, Brooke Waggoner - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Also, you can listen to my new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Read: Acts 2:14a, 22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31

Pray: Collect for the Second Sunday of Easter

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection.

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Easter Friday: Trumpet of Imagination

Watch: The Blanket Octopus and it's AMAZING Blanket!

The Blanket Octopus, shot in the Lembeh Straits on a Blackwater Night Dive with NAD Lembeh.

Read: Psalm 136; Exodus 13:1-2,11-16; 1 Corinthians 15:51-58; Luke 24:1-12

Pray: Collect for Friday of Easter Week

Almighty Father, who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification: Give us grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve you in purity of life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Listen: A new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection

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Easter Thursday: Live Eternity In Time

Watch: Formed, Laity Lodge

"For more than three decades, Grimes’ modest coffee mugs have been a warming, earthy touchstone symbolizing all that’s experienced at Laity Lodge. Rows and rows of the glazed, ceramic pottery have stood sentinel—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—as women and men have made their way into the Dining Hall. Coffee is poured. Conversation ensues. Communion-ware with the same blue-brown-cream glaze serves guests on Sundays in the Great Hall."

Read: Psalm 146, 147; Exodus 13:3-10; 1 Corinthians 15:41-50; Matthew 28:16-20

Pray: Collect for Wednesday of Easter Week

O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in the fullness of his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Listen: A new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection.

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Easter Wednesday: Treasure In the Earth

Watch: 4K Cherry Blossoms Viewing Meguro River 目黒川 桜 2015

Amazing Cherry Blossom Viewing @Nakameguro Meguro River.Anyone traveling to Japan in the springtime is sure to experience one of the more exceptional natural events in the seasonal calendar.

Read: Psalm 97, 99; Exodus 12:40-51; 1 Corinthians 15:29-41; Matthew 28:1-16

Listen: A new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection.

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Easter Tuesday: Tree of Life

Watch: Tree of Life, The Bible Project

Read: Psalm 103; Exodus 12:28-39; 1 Corinthians 15:12-28; Mark 16:9-20

Pray: Collect for Tuesday of Easter Week

O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light: Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

Listen: A new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection.

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Easter Monday: Many Rays of Hope

Watch: The Dance of Time

Read: Psalm 93, 98; Exodus 12:14-27; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Mark 16:1-8

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Easter Monday

Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate with awe the Paschal feast may be found worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Listen: A new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Do: I'm working on a new resource that better fits the shelter-in-place lifestyle we're all living. For now, this should get you started!

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Resurrection Sunday: Our Hope Has Come

Watch: Cherry Blossoms, Andy Squyres

Read: Jeremiah 31:1-6; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Easter Sunday

Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Listen: A new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Do: I'm working on a new resource that better fits the shelter-in-place lifestyle we're all living. For now, this should get you started!

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