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Daily Offering: August 31, 2026 | With Free Minds

With free minds — an opened iron collar and a broken padlock on a workbench in daylight

Opening Address With free minds. That is the phrase the Church hands us this morning, three words near the end of a prayer most people will never hear, and I want to spend the whole morning on it. Beloved, grace and peace to you, however today finds you. Rested or wrecked, certain of God or […]

Daily Offering: August 19, 2026 | New Religious Families

New religious families — a long table set for six with plates from six different homes

Opening Address New religious families—that is the Church’s own phrase, in today’s prayer, and I want to sit with it all morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you, however you come to this: rested or wrecked, sure of God or sure of nothing, held by the people you were born to or held by people […]