Good Shepherd Episcopal Church

Mistakes

As we try to live this life, we inevitably fall, we mess up, we make mistakes, we sin, we fall short. But what is also true about this life of discipleship is that when we do fall, Jesus is always there, ready to pick us up. That is the paradigm of the Christian life: falling and getting up again, dying and being raised to new life.

Br. Geoffrey Tristram
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

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Back to School
This week’s theme: Renew
Tuesday, Aug 04, 2026
Pause for Gratitude

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Verse of the day
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
- 1 Timothy 6:10

Voice of the day
We forget the land we stand on / and live from. We set ourselves / free in an economy founded / on nothing, on greed verified / by fantasy, on which we entirely / depend. We depend on fire / that consumes the world without / lighting it.
- Wendell Berry, “2008, XII”

Prayer of the day
Merciful God, bring us out of the forgetfulness that systems of dominion rely on and into mindfulness before it is too late.

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Back to School
This week’s theme: Renew
Monday, Aug 03, 2026
Renewed Minds and Hearts

Renewed Minds and Hearts - d365 Daily Devotionals d365.org devotional from August 3, 2026 -

Vine

Even when we stop listening, even when we are deaf to God’s voice, even when we find God’s voice calling us to things impossible to contemplate, we remain God’s people, grafted into the one vine through the waters of Baptism. The call and covenant of God is eternal, unchanging, and ever present.

Br. James Koester
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

God’s Covenant People – Br. James Koester In a transactional world, Br. James Koester points us to the transformational love of God.

Verse of the day
My child, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
- Proverbs 23:26

Voice of the day
If I’m alive, I see. I’m a person with a conciencia – with a consciousness making sure there is justice and peace.
- Graciela Sanchez

Prayer of the day
Awakened God, we face you each day but sometimes with limited way of seeing. Fill our perceptions with who and what is beloved in your eyes, so that we never stray too far.

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This week’s theme: Blessings
Sunday, Aug 02, 2026
More than Enough

More than Enough - d365 Daily Devotionals d365.org devotional from August 2, 2026 -

This week’s theme: Blessings
Saturday, Aug 01, 2026
In Jesus’ Hands

In Jesus' Hands - d365 Daily Devotionals d365.org devotional from August 1, 2026 -

Presence

We are driven to expend our energies across many domains of life. But if our expenditure lacks presence, we become bound in cycles that fragment our attention, leaving less of us available to the people and things that matter most to us, and the God who craves the simple return of our love.

Br. Keith Nelson
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

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