Stillspeaking Daily Devotional

06/23/2026

Kenneth L. Samuel opens today's with cutting insight: "I think most of us are quite content with theologies of grace that cost us nothing."

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There is no victory without the suffering involved in a battle. There is no building of what’s next without the suffering that comes in dismantling what has dominated the past.

06/22/2026

For reflection & discussion: What is your testimony of God these days? In what ways do the world’s stresses focus your heart on God’s goodness?

What I know to be true is that God is not above this weight, watching from a safe distance. God is in it—the divine presence that absorbs every suffering, carries every grief.

06/20/2026

Today's comes from Quinn G. Caldwell: "Our Fungus who art underground, rot all that is dead within me and turn it to new life. Amen."

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Rotting is the thing that swallows death. Rotting is the thing that transforms it. Rotting is why pretty much every ecosystem you’re familiar with today exists. Rotting is why you can exist.

06/16/2026

Today's comes from Kaji Douša: "Holy One, interrupt me when anger hardens in me. Give me courage to face what I have avoided, wisdom to repair what I can, and grace to leave behind what I no longer need to carry. Amen."

I’d prefer to focus on how right I am, while ignoring what my anger is doing, what my grievance is becoming. Jesus calls me to check myself, to stop carrying what God is calling me to put down.

06/12/2026

A from Vince Amlin: "Liberation is work. Clearing the path to something new without the machinery of empire. Creating friction by refusing to do what is expected."

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Liberation is work. Clearing the path to something new without the machinery of empire. But as Moses reminded the ancient Israelites, there is one who is working to make a way for us.

06/11/2026

John Allen writes in the today: "There is a long line of manipulators and cynics, hateful and power-hungry, lining up to impose meaning onto our curiosity and uncertainty. Too often, these missionaries of meaning flatten wonder and mystery under the crushing weight of tired old misogyny, racism, and fear."

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There is a long line of manipulators and cynics lining up to impose meaning onto uncertainty. Too often, they flatten mystery under the crushing weight of tired old misogyny, racism, and fear.

06/10/2026

Today's from Mary Luti asks us to consider what we learn from Jesus-as-guest: https://www.ucc.org/daily-devotional/guestability/

06/09/2026

Today's by Tony Coleman asks, "Why do you go to church, if you do? If you don’t go to church, why not? ... What people found in Jesus was a person who met needs—spiritual, social, even physical at times—and that inspired incredible zeal. Can we say the same about our churches?"

What people found in Jesus was a person who met needs—spiritual, social, even physical at times—and that inspired incredible zeal. Can we say the same about our churches?

06/08/2026

Today in the , Matt Laney challenges our assumptions about people & relationships:

"Let’s read [2 Corinthians 6:14] as a warning against partnerships that ask us to abandon our souls. Some yokes connect us; some break us. Some relationships and systems heal; others ask us to call cruelty practical, silence holy, greed responsible, and domination peace."

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Some yokes connect us; some break us. Some relationships, habits, and systems heal; others ask us to call cruelty practical, silence holy, greed responsible, and domination peace.

06/06/2026

Today's from Phiwa Langeni: "Remind us that death never has the final word. Renew our access to the cloud of those who’ve gone before us. Reboot our passion to participate in living out your desire for a whole and healthy creation. Amen."

The collective cloud of witnesses holds onto our shared memories, love, grief, and losses. In so doing, we’re empowered to redirect our energies into the work of living into our fullest selves.