In today’s devotional we consider how eating together is a very special way of connecting with other people. And we realize that God’s gift of the sacrament of Communion builds on this truth: the people we eat with, we connect to, and when we are connected, love flows between us.

In today’s devotional we consider how evidence of humanity, like buildings and roads, does not mean that a piece of land does not have a purpose. And we realize that the earth is dynamic, changing, active, and perhaps most frightening, responsive to human cultivation or neglect.

In today’s devotional we consider the ways in which we understand God as a parent may be shaped by our own experience. And we realize that God, as the ultimate, loving parent, is not judging us, but loves us and had plans to prosper us.

In today’s devotional we consider how we can forget who we are and who we're meant to be. And we understand that, in Jesus, we find healing and our true identity.

In today’s devotional we consider the commitment that God made to creation in the act of creation. And we realize that the commitment is still going today and will continue until all things are made new.

In today’s devotional we consider our responsibilities to other people, not only our family, but all people. And we realize that we are not alone in this world, but that God has given us the gift, and the responsibility, of each other.

In today’s devotional we consider the biblical person of Cain. And we realize that his struggles are really our struggles, to live with broken relationships, not only to other people, but to God as well

In today’s devotional we consider how God did not stop creating after six days and then rest for the rest of time. We see how God is continually acting and creating and changing and making things new, even in death, even in the death of his Son, Jesus Christ.

In today’s devotional we think about how God created the Sabbath to be an activity of rest. And we realize that sometimes rest and Sabbath is not just going to happen in our lives. That sometimes we need to actively make rest happen in our lives.

In today’s devotional we think about the love and care that in needed to tend to a garden. And we see how this is similar to God’s love and care in our own lives.