Daily Lectionary Readings for March 16, 2026

Daily Lectionary Readings (Two-Year Cycle)

Lectionary Readings for Monday, March 16, 2026

Morning Psalm 119:73-80 73  Your hands have made and fashioned me;           give me understanding that I may learn your commandments. 74  Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,           because I have hoped in your word. 75  I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right,           and that in faithfulness you have humbled me. 76  Let your steadfast love become my comfort           according to your promise to your servant. 77  Let your mercy come to me, that I may live;           for your law is my delight. 78  Let the arrogant be put to shame,           because they have subverted me with guile;           as for me, I will meditate on your precepts. 79  Let those who fear you turn to me,           so that they may know your decrees. 80  May my heart be blameless in your statutes,           so that I may not be put to shame. Morning Psalm 145 1   I will extol you, my God and King,           and bless your name forever and ever. 2   Every day I will bless you,           and praise your name forever and ever. 3   Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;           his greatness is unsearchable. 4   One generation shall laud your works to another,           and shall declare your mighty acts. 5   On the glorious splendor of your majesty,           and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. 6   The might of your awesome deeds shall be proclaimed,           and I will declare your greatness. 7   They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness,           and shall sing aloud of your righteousness. 8   The Lord is gracious and merciful,           slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 9   The Lord is good to all,           and his compassion is over all that he has made. 10  All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,           and all your faithful shall bless you. 11  They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom,           and tell of your power, 12  to make known to all people your mighty deeds,           and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. 13  Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,           and your dominion endures throughout all generations.      The Lord is faithful in all his words,           and gracious in all his deeds. 14  The Lord upholds all who are falling,           and raises up all who are bowed down. 15  The eyes of all look to you,           and you give them their food in due season. 16  You open your hand,           satisfying the desire of every living thing. 17  The Lord is just in all his ways,           and kind in all his doings. 18  The Lord is near to all who call on him,           to all who call on him in truth. 19  He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;           he also hears their cry, and saves them. 20  The Lord watches over all who love him,           but all the wicked he will destroy. 21  My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,           and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever. First Reading Genesis 49:1-28 1Then Jacob called his sons, and said: "Gather around, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come. 2Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob; listen to Israel your father. 3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the first fruits of my vigor, excelling in rank and excelling in power. 4Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel because you went up onto your father's bed; then you defiled it - you went up onto my couch! 5Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. 6May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company - for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen. 7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you. 9Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches down, he stretches out like a lion, like a lioness - who dares rouse him up? 10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and the obedience of the peoples is his. 11Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he washes his garments in wine and his robe in the blood of grapes; 12his eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. 13Zebulun shall settle at the shore of the sea; he shall be a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon. 14Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds; 15he saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant; so he bowed his shoulder to the burden, and became a slave at forced labor. 16Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. 17Dan shall be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse's heels so that its rider falls backward. 18I wait for your salvation, O LORD. 19Gad shall be raided by raiders, but he shall raid at their heels. 20Asher's food shall be rich, and he shall provide royal delicacies. 21Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears lovely fawns. 22Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall. 23The archers fiercely attacked him; they shot at him and pressed him hard. 24Yet his bow remained taut, and his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, 25by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 26the blessings of your father are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers. 27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at evening dividing the spoil." 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing. Second Reading 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1 14Therefore, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols. 15I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 18Consider the people of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? 19What do I imply then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? 23"All things are lawful," but not all things are beneficial. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. 24Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. 25Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience, 26for "the earth and its fullness are the Lord's." 27If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 28But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience - 29I mean the other's conscience, not your own. For why should my liberty be subject to the judgment of someone else's conscience? 30If I partake with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of that for which I give thanks? 31So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. 32Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, so that they may be saved. 1Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Gospel Reading Mark 7:24-37 24From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. 26Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27He said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs." 28But she answered him, "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." 29Then he said to her, "For saying that, you may go - the demon has left your daughter." 30So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. 31Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. 34Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." 35And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37They were astounded beyond measure, saying, "He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak." Evening Psalm 121 1  I lift up my eyes to the hills —           from where will my help come? 2   My help comes from the LORD,           who made heaven and earth. 3   He will not let your foot be moved;           he who keeps you will not slumber. 4   He who keeps Israel           will neither slumber nor sleep. 5   The LORD is your keeper;           the LORD is your shade at your right hand. 6   The sun shall not strike you by day,           nor the moon by night. 7   The LORD will keep you from all evil;           he will keep your life. 8   The LORD will keep           your going out and your coming in           from this time on and for evermore. Evening Psalm 6 1   O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger,           or discipline me in your wrath. 2   Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;           O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror. 3   My soul also is struck with terror,           while you, O LORD — how long? 4   Turn, O LORD, save my life;           deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love. 5   For in death there is no remembrance of you;           in Sheol who can give you praise? 6   I am weary with my moaning;           every night I flood my bed with tears;           I drench my couch with my weeping. 7   My eyes waste away because of grief;           they grow weak because of all my foes. 8   Depart from me, all you workers of evil,           for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. 9   The LORD has heard my supplication;           the LORD accepts my prayer. 10  All my enemies shall be ashamed and struck with terror;           they shall turn back, and in a moment be put to shame.

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Regarding Ruling Elders: Leadership RSVP

Most of us know the feeling. An invitation arrives in the mail; maybe it's for a wedding, ordination or a big church anniversary. This kind of gathering carries more than a date. It carries meaning. An important person or event is about to be honored, and occasionally that means something familiar is ending or something new is just beginning. 

Along with the excitement comes quiet but familiar questions and feelings of anxiety. Do I go or stay? Who will be there? How formal will it be? What should I wear? Receiving an invitation is great news, and yet it still asks something of you. 

Leadership can feel like that invitation. You don’t have all the details. You’re not sure what will be asked of you. But the invitation has arrived. 

While it’s great when you have a ready-made list of options for moving forward in ministry, how much would we enjoy having a spreadsheet that compares all the options and weighs the pros and cons? But here’s the truth: God does not often send spreadsheets. God sends invitations. 

And faithful leadership requires responding to God’s invitation with the spiritual posture of RSVP. 

RSVP comes from the French phrase "répondez s’il vous plaît," meaning “please respond.” An invitation creates a moment of agency where you get to choose your response. You may not have all the details, but your presence has been requested. This invitation asks for participation before certainty. So, what does it look like for ruling elders and sessions to RSVP to God’s invitation? It requires four things: 

R: Remember the story 

It is tempting to get stuck in nostalgia. Truthful remembering is not about going backward. It’s about telling the truth about how we got here. 

Every congregation carries both grace and grief in its history. Because ruling elders are stewards of memory, you can help the congregation remember its beautiful parts without turning them into idols. You can also help by naming the hard parts without turning them into shame. In the absence of truthful remembering, congregations tend to repeat patterns and remain stuck. 

S: Staying present in uncertainty 

The invitation to remain present is not a passive act. It is resisting the urge to rush toward solutions that calm anxiety but avoid real change. Faithful leadership asks us to remain present, with God’s help. Steady presence is an act of leadership in the face of the unknown. 

V: Value new connections and voices 

One of God’s greatest invitations is the invitation to look again. 

Looking again with new eyes invites us to see God’s hand moving. Listening with new ears helps us hear wisdom spoken through unfamiliar voices. What if God is expanding our mission by expanding our understanding of who counts as neighbor, partner and community? It can mean listening to neighbors who understand the needs around you better than you do. 

P: Pray and prepare 

Prayer comes last on purpose. It does not always give us God’s full agenda, but it gives us the courage to keep showing up. 

Prayer is alignment. It forms leaders who can act without needing certainty. And prayer pairs naturally with preparation: preparing hearts for change we cannot yet see and preparing minds for new relationships that will take us places we could not go on our own. 

The most powerful leadership move is often not an answer but a courageous RSVP. You don’t have to know the whole plan to say yes to God’s invitation. You are not responsible for fixing everything. You are responsible to respond faithfully, which may mean RSVPing like Isaiah, who said, “Here am I. Send me!” 

For reflection:

• Where in this season is God inviting our congregation to respond? 
• What parts of our heritage story do we need to remember more honestly, both the beautiful and the hard? 
• When anxiety rises in our system, do we tend to rush, retreat or stay present? What would “steady presence” look like for us? 
• Whose voices have we not valued yet, inside or outside the church, that might be part of God’s renewing work among us? 
• How might prayer form us into the kind of leaders who can prepare faithfully for what we cannot yet fully see?

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The Rev. Brady M. Radford is a minister member of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, where he serves as a spiritually integrated counselor and consultant. His work with clergy and their families integrates cultural and clinical expertise with theological insights. Brady's first ministry is his family: his wife, Celestine, their three children, and a Cavapoo puppy, Ranger.

Throughout 2026, monthly Regarding Ruling Elders articles will focus on some of the foundational aspects of ruling elder service and spiritual leadership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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Bible Readings for March 16, 2026

Let's read the Bible together in the next year. Today, our passages are Numbers 24:1–25:18; Luke 2:1-35; Psalm 59:1-17; and Proverbs 11:14. The readings are from The Message by Eugene H. Peterson.

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Numbers 24-25:18 (The Message)

Numbers 24

 ^1-3 By now Balaam realized that God wanted to bless Israel. So he didn't work in any sorcery as he had done earlier. He turned and looked out over the wilderness. As Balaam looked, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God came on him, and he spoke his oracle-message:

 ^3-9 Decree of Balaam son of Beor,
      yes, decree of a man with 20/20 vision;
   Decree of a man who hears God speak,
      who sees what The Strong God shows him,
   Who falls on his face in worship,
      who sees what's really going on.

   What beautiful tents, Jacob,
      oh, your homes, Israel!
   Like valleys stretching out in the distance,
      like gardens planted by rivers,
   Like sweet herbs planted by the gardener God,
      like red cedars by pools and springs,
   Their buckets will brim with water,
      their seed will spread life everywhere.
   Their king will tower over Agag and his ilk,
      their kingdom surpassingly majestic.
   God brought them out of Egypt,
      rampaging like a wild ox,
   Gulping enemies like morsels of meat,
      crushing their bones, snapping their arrows.
   Israel crouches like a lion and naps,
      king-of-the-beasts—who dares disturb him?
   Whoever blesses you is blessed,
      whoever curses you is cursed.  ^10-11 Balak lost his temper with Balaam. He shook his fist. He said to Balaam: "I got you in here to curse my enemies and what have you done? Blessed them! Blessed them three times! Get out of here! Go home! I told you I would pay you well, but you're getting nothing. You can blame God." 
 ^12-15 Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I tell you up front when you sent your emissaries, 'Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn't do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against God's command'? I'm leaving for home and my people, but I warn you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come." Then he spoke his oracle-message:

 ^15-19 Decree of Balaam son of Beor,
      decree of the man with 20/20 vision,
   Decree of the man who hears godly speech,
      who knows what's going on with the High God,
   Who sees what The Strong God reveals,
      who bows in worship and sees what's real.
   I see him, but not right now,
      I perceive him, but not right here;
   A star rises from Jacob
      a scepter from Israel,
   Crushing the heads of Moab,
      the skulls of all the noisy windbags;
   I see Edom sold off at auction,
      enemy Seir marked down at the flea market,
      while Israel walks off with the trophies.
   A ruler is coming from Jacob
      who'll destroy what's left in the city. 

²⁰ Then Balaam spotted Amalek and delivered an oracle-message. He said,

   Amalek, you're in first place among nations right now,
      but you're going to come in last, ruined. 

^21-22 He saw the Kenites and delivered his oracle-message to them:

   Your home is in a nice secure place,
      like a nest high on the face of a cliff.
   Still, you Kenites will look stupid
      when Asshur takes you prisoner. 

^23-24 Balaam spoke his final oracle-message:

   Doom! Who stands a chance
      when God starts in?
   Sea-Peoples, raiders from across the sea,
      will harass Asshur and Eber,
   But they'll also come to nothing,
      just like all the rest. 
 ²⁵ Balaam got up and went home. Balak also went on his way. 

Numbers 25

The Orgy at Shittim

 ^1-3 While Israel was camped at Shittim (Acacia Grove), the men began to have sex with the Moabite women. It started when the women invited the men to their sex-and-religion worship. They ate together and then worshiped their gods. Israel ended up joining in the worship of the Baal of Peor. God was furious, his anger blazing out against Israel.  ⁴ Godsaid to Moses, "Take all the leaders of Israel and kill them by hanging, leaving them publicly exposed in order to turn God's anger away from Israel." 
 ⁵ Moses issued orders to the judges of Israel: "Each of you must execute the men under your jurisdiction who joined in the worship of Baal Peor." 
 ^6-9 Just then, while everyone was weeping in penitence at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, an Israelite man, flaunting his behavior in front of Moses and the whole assembly, paraded a Midianite woman into his family tent. Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw what he was doing, grabbed his spear, and followed them into the tent. With one thrust he drove the spear through the two of them, the man of Israel and the woman, right through their private parts. That stopped the plague from continuing among the People of Israel. But 24,000 had already died. 
 ^10-13 God spoke to Moses: "Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has stopped my anger against the People of Israel. Because he was as zealous for my honor as I myself am, I didn't kill all the People of Israel in my zeal. So tell him that I am making a Covenant-of-Peace with him. He and his descendants are joined in a covenant of eternal priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the People of Israel." 
 ^14-15 The name of the man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the head of the Simeonite family. And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family. 
 ^16-18 God spoke to Moses: "From here on make the Midianites your enemies. Fight them tooth and nail. They turned out to be your enemies when they seduced you in the business of Peor and that woman Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed at the time of the plague in the matter of Peor."

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Luke 2:1-35 (The Message)

Luke 2

The Birth of Jesus

 ^1-5About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant.

 ^6-7While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.

An Event for Everyone

 ^8-12There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God's angel stood among them and God's glory blazed around them. They were terrified. The angel said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger."

 ^13-14At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises:

   Glory to God in the heavenly heights,
   Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.

 ^15-18As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it over. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us." They left, running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said about this child. All who heard the sheepherders were impressed.

 ^19-20Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself. The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen. It turned out exactly the way they'd been told!

Blessings

 ²¹When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

 ^22-24Then when the days stipulated by Moses for purification were complete, they took him up to Jerusalem to offer him to God as commanded in God's Law: "Every male who opens the womb shall be a holy offering to God," and also to sacrifice the "pair of doves or two young pigeons" prescribed in God's Law.

 ^25-32In Jerusalem at the time, there was a man, Simeon by name, a good man, a man who lived in the prayerful expectancy of help for Israel. And the Holy Spirit was on him. The Holy Spirit had shown him that he would see the Messiah of God before he died. Led by the Spirit, he entered the Temple. As the parents of the child Jesus brought him in to carry out the rituals of the Law, Simeon took him into his arms and blessed God:

   God, you can now release your servant;
      release me in peace as you promised.
   With my own eyes I've seen your salvation;
      it's now out in the open for everyone to see:
   A God-revealing light to the non-Jewish nations,
      and of glory for your people Israel.

 ^33-35Jesus' father and mother were speechless with surprise at these words. Simeon went on to bless them, and said to Mary his mother,

   This child marks both the failure and
      the recovery of many in Israel,
   A figure misunderstood and contradicted—
      the pain of a sword-thrust through you—
   But the rejection will force honesty,
      as God reveals who they really are.

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Psalm 59:1-17 (The Message)

Psalm 59

 ^1-2 My God! Rescue me from my enemies, defend me from these mutineers.
   Rescue me from their dirty tricks,
      save me from their hit men.

 ^3-4 Desperadoes have ganged up on me,
      they're hiding in ambush for me.
   I did nothing to deserve this, God,
      crossed no one, wronged no one.
   All the same, they're after me,
      determined to get me.

 ^4-5 Wake up and see for yourself! You're God,
      God-of-Angel-Armies, Israel's God!
   Get on the job and take care of these pagans,
      don't be soft on these hard cases.

 ^6-7 They return when the sun goes down,
      They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
      Then suddenly they're all at the gate,
      Snarling invective, drawn daggers in their teeth.
      They think they'll never get caught.

 ^8-10 But you, God, break out laughing;
      you treat the godless nations like jokes.
   Strong God, I'm watching you do it,
      I can always count on you.
   God in dependable love shows up on time,
      shows me my enemies in ruin.

 ^11-13 Don't make quick work of them, God,
      lest my people forget.
   Bring them down in slow motion,
      take them apart piece by piece.
   Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance
      catch up with them,
   Catch them out and bring them down
      —every muttered curse
      —every barefaced lie.
   Finish them off in fine style!
      Finish them off for good!
   Then all the world will see
      that God rules well in Jacob,
      everywhere that God's in charge.

 ^14-15 They return when the sun goes down,
      They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
      They scavenge for bones,
      And bite the hand that feeds them.

 ^16-17 And me? I'm singing your prowess,
      shouting at cockcrow your largesse,
   For you've been a safe place for me,
      a good place to hide.
   Strong God, I'm watching you do it,
      I can always count on you—
      God, my dependable love.

A David Psalm, When He Fought Against

    Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah and Joab Killed Twelve Thousand Edomites at the Valley of Salt

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Proverbs 11:14 (The Message)

 ¹⁴ Without good direction, people lose their way;
   the more wise counsel you follow, the better your chances.

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Thought for the Day

“God loves you and has chosen you as his own special people. So be gentle, kind, humble, meek, and patient.” (Colossians 3:12 - Contemporary English Version) If we believe that God loves us and that he's called us to be his special people, we shouldn't respond with arrogance or pretension. Instead we can show our thanks by treating those around us with kindness and humility.

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Quote for the Day

American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, Jerry Lewis wrote, “I have always said that I cannot allow the child within me to die. It's kept me alive.”

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A Joke for Today

Jennifer watched as the cashier rang up her purchases. "Cash, check or charge?" she asked, after folding the items Jennifer had bought. As Jennifer fumbled for her wallet, the cashier noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.

"Do you always carry your TV remote with you?" the cashier inquired.

"No," she replied. "But my husband, Jeff, refused to come shopping with me, so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him."

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A Prayer Request

As Christians, we can offer specific daily prayers for our community, nation and world. Below is the need that we're laying before God today.

That people take seriously God's call to be good stewards of creation.