Water Daily

This week we look at John 6:1-21, in which a multitude of people are fed on what looks like not enough. Today's focus is on the crowds that thronged to hear Jesus and receive his healing power. Where are our crowds?

This is Water Daily for July 12, 2021. Today we look at Ephesians 2:11-22, about the reconciliation that is possible in Christ - even among different groups of Christ-followers. 

This week we look Mark 6:30-34,53-56, stories about Jesus’ ministry with his disciples. Today we focus on the priority of healing in the Christian life. 

This week we look Mark 6:30-34,53-56, stories about Jesus’ ministry with his disciples. Today's focus is on the guides and protections we offer each other when we share our spiritual life with others. 

This week we look Mark 6:30-34,53-56, stories about Jesus’ ministry with his disciples. Today we focus on the importance of resting and recharging our batteries, spiritual and otherwise. 

This week we look Mark 6:30-34,53-56, stories about Jesus’ ministry with his disciples. Today we talk about the importance of telling and sharing our stories of encounter with God. 

Today we discuss how to receive passages of scripture and stories that seem anything but holy.

This week we look Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul’s prayer for the community of Gentile believers in the region around Ephesus in what was then Asia Minor (now Turkey). Today's focus is on the vast wealth of spiritual inheritance available to us - as we're willing to access it and be God's agents in this world. 

This week we look Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul’s prayer for the community of Gentile believers in the region around Ephesus in what was then Asia Minor (now Turkey). Today we focus on the love and mercy God has lavished on us - are we able to lavish love on those around us? 

This week we look Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul’s prayer for the community of Gentile believers in the region around Ephesus in what was then Asia Minor (now Turkey). Today we focus on what it means to accept God's free gift of grace. 

This week we look Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul’s prayer for the community of Gentile believers in the region around Ephesus in what was then Asia Minor (now Turkey). Today, being a holiday, will be short and sweet and focused on our health as a nation. 

This week we look Mark 6:1–13, about how Jesus was received as he went about teaching and healing. Today's focus is on what kind of training we actually need to be Jesus' apostles - hint: it's just being open to letting God's Spirit flow through us.

This week we look Mark 6:1–13, about how Jesus was received as he went about teaching and healing. Today we reflect on what mutual hospitality really means. 

This week we look Mark 6:1–13, about how Jesus was received as he went about teaching and healing. Today we reflect on his instructions to his disciples, when he sent them out on their first mission trip, to carry nothing with them. Nothing! Could we do that? 

This week we look Mark 6:1–13, about how Jesus was received as he went about teaching and healing. Today we discuss how unbelief in a community or system can function to block faith at work. 

This week we look Mark 6:1–13, about how Jesus was received as he went about teaching and healing. How do we receive him? As somebody we already know, who can no longer surprise us - or as someone whose mysteries are ever being revealed? 

This week we look atMark 5:21-43, the story of two miraculous healings. Today we come to the end of the story, when Jesus restores a girl everyone believes has died. How can we become wired to see life in the face of death? 

This week we look at Mark 5:21-43, the story of two miraculous healings. Today we hear about the courage of a women who not only dared to "steal a healing," but then came forward and told her whole story, humiliating though it was. 

This week we look at Mark 5:21-43, the story of two miraculous healings. Today we reflect on how Christ mediated the current that birthed the universe into this world of ours - and how we can do the same thing in his name and power.

This week we look at Mark 5:21-43, the story of two miraculous healings. Today we explore the story of a woman who felt she had to steal a healing rather than ask publicly - and how her faith was rewarded. 

This week we look at Mark 5:21-43, the story of two miraculous healings. Today we focus on those times when we pray in desperation - and may just find it draws us closer to God.

This week we look at Mark 4:35-41, about how Jesus responded to a storm at sea. Today's reflection focuses on how we can maintain our faith in the midst of life's storms. 

This week we look at Mark 4:35-41, about how Jesus responded to a storm at sea. Today's reflection focuses on the calm that is a marker of life in God. How do we get there when we are frenzied in fear? 

Our focus this week is Mark 4:35-41, about how Jesus responded to a storm at sea. Today we reflect on the way fear can whip us into a frenzy - and faith can calm the storm. 

This week we look at Mark 4:35-41, about how Jesus responded to a storm at sea. Today we focus on what it means to be swamped - and how we might respond without fear or anxiety.