Be Still: Daily Devotional

Today is December 31st for 2025. Hey friends, can we together take a moment to make some space to be thankful to all of the folks around Vineyard Columbus who helped co-create the Be Still devotional this year? This marks the full completion of Be Still – we have 365 days of devotional and it’s all thanks to the hard work of the team here. You know who you are. Thank you.    If Be Still has been a...

Today is December 30th. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.  Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the book of Titus, chapter 2, the MSG version.    11-14 God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our b...

Today is December 29 May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the book of John, chapter 1. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were...

This is a version of the five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced. 1. Become aware of God’s presence. 2. Review the day with gratitude. 3. Pay attention to your emotions. 4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it. 5. Look toward tomorrow.

Today is December 26.   The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you.      Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”       Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 9.    The people walking in darkness      have seen a great light;  on those living in the land o...

Today is December 24th in the final week of Advent.   The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you.        Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.   Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John, chapter 1. 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the wor...

Today is December 23rd in the final week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.    Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.   Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 1.  28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29 Mary was greatly troubled...

Today is December 22 in the final week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.    Today’s reading is from the book of Luke, chapter 1.    And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful     of th...

LOVE Fourth Sunday of Advent Today, this final Advent Sunday, we reflect on the love of Christ. Paul exhorts the Colossian church… 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgi...

This is the Saturday examen for the season of Advent.  I’m glad you’ve joined us for a time of reflection and prayer. Pray along with me. Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day, We who are anxious over many things… look forward to your coming among...

Today is December 19th in the 3rd week of Advent. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2.     “When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusale...

Today is December 18th in the 3rd week of Advent. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.      Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2.     “When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another,...

Today is December 17th in the 3rd week of Advent.   The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2.     “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping w...

Today is December 16th in the 3rd week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2.     “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first...

Today is December 15 in the 3rd week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.    Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 29.    In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field     and the fertile field seem like a forest? 18 In that...

JOY | Third Sunday of Advent Today is the third Sunday of Advent. Today, we’re being reminded that some of the most ordinary things can also be the most holy: the laughter of kids, a filled room at the food pantry, and a busy kitchen. It’s through things like the laughter of children and the sharing of a meal that we discover a deeper joy that can transform the mundane into the miraculous. Psalm 3...

This is the Saturday examen for the season of Advent. I’m glad you’ve joined us for a time of reflection and prayer. Pray along with me. Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day, We who are anxious over many things… look forward to your coming among u...

Today is December 12th in the second week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 60.    “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD h...

Today is December 11th in the second week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 4.      “Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived...

Today is December 10th in the second week of Advent.   Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.     Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the book of Ephesians, chapter 5.     “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes u...

Today is December 9th, in the second week of Advent.   May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.      Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.     Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 60.     “The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you...

Today is December 8 in the 2nd week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.       Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.      Today’s reading is from the book of 1 Thessalonians, chapter 4.      As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you...

PEACE | Second Sunday of Advent Today is the second Sunday of Advent. In the quiet, simple routines of our ordinary daily lives – things like taking a moment for Advent. OR things like: washing dishes, caring for an elderly parent, or playing with a child – the peace of Christ is near to us, and we can learn to be attentive to it, just like we can pay attention to small flames of these advent cand...

This is the Saturday examen for the season of Advent.  I’m glad you’ve joined us for a time of reflection and prayer. Pray along with me. Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day, We who are anxious over many things… look forward to your coming among...

Today is December 5th in the first week of Advent.   The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you.       Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.      Today’s reading is from several verses from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15.     “He calls together his friends and his neig...