Go to this page to access the recordings and downloads for the 2021 Ordinary Time retreat series.
Ordinary Time Daybook 2021 (Year B/1)
Look: Postcard of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro - Source
Listen: All Glory be to Christ. King’s Kaleidoscope - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Daniel 7:9-14; Psalm 93; Revelation 1:1-8; John 18:33-37
Readings for the rest of the week*: Psalm 93; Ezekiel 34:23-31; Daniel 7; John 18: 28-37; Colossians 1:13-23; Revelation 1:1-8
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Christ the King Sunday
Do: This week, joyfully worship Jesus as your king and renew your allegiance to him in all things.
Look: Psalm 67, John August Swanson - Source
Listen: The Bounty Is Come, Kenny Meeks for the A Rocha Project - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Daniel 12:1-4; Daniel 12:4-13; Psalm 16; Hebrews 10:31-39; Mark 13:14-23
Readings for the rest of the week*: Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 100; Psalm 145; Luke 17:11-19; Colossians 1:1-14; Revelation 22:1-7
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twenty-Fifth Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.
Look: Make All Things New, James B. Janknegt - Source
Listen:
Read: 1 Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44
Readings for the rest of the week*: Psalm 98; Genesis 4; Exodus 35:30-36:7; Nehemiah 2; Isaiah 60; Matthew 5:13-16; Revelation 21:22-27
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.
Look: Girl Standing in Mist of Heaven, Lorenzo Scott - Source
Listen: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee, Julie Lee (The A Rocha Project) - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Here’s a playlist to listen today and tomorrow for All Souls & All Saints
Read: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 119:1-16; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28-34
Readings for the rest of the week*: 2 Chronicles 2-4; Psalm 27; Psalm 45; Psalm 48; Mark 9:2-8; Revelation 21:9-21
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.
Look:Work Metropolis in Harmony II, Wisnu Sasongko - Source
Listen: Day by Day, The Porter’s Gate (feat. Joy Ike) - Bandcamp w/ lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Isaiah 59:9-20; Psalm 13; Hebrews 5:11-6:12; Mark 10:46-52
Readings for the rest of the week*: Leviticus 19:1-18; Psalm 15; Isaiah 65:17-25; Jeremiah 29:1-14; Matthew 7:1-5, 12; Romans 13:1-10; Revelation 21:1-8
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.
Look:Work Clothes Quilt, Mary Lee Bendolph - Source
Listen: Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting, Shelly Moore Band - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Isaiah 53:4-12; Psalm 91; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:35-45
Readings for the rest of the week*: Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Leviticus 25:1-24; Psalm 92; Isaiah 58:13-14; Mark 2:23-3:6; Hebrews 4:1-11
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.
Look:Treasure (print), Nikki McClure - Source
Listen: Take My Life and Let It Be, Paul Zach - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics
Read: Amos 5:6-15; Psalm 90:1-12; Psalm 90:13-17; Hebrews 3:1-6; Mark 10:17-31
Readings for the rest of the week*: Psalm 115; Ezekiel 34:1-16; Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 12:35-48; 1 Peter 4:7-11
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twentieth Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.
+ Register for the third (and final) virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time: Enjoy Work & Rest.
When: October 14, 11:30am - 1:30 pm (includes 40 minutes offline for personal reflection)
Who: Anyone who longs to live in the unforced rhythms of grace Jesus offers us to enjoy work and rest.
Look: The Basket of Bread (Rather Death than Shame), Salvador Dali - Source
Listen: Daily Bread, Strahan - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 8; Hebrews 2:1-8; Hebrews 2:9-18; Mark 10:2-16
Readings for the rest of the week*: Exodus 16; Deuteronomy 8; Psalm 3; Psalm 127; Mark 1:29-39; Mark 8:1-21
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Nineteenth Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship.
+ Register for the third (and final) virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time: Enjoy Work & Rest.
When: October 14, 11:30am - 1:30 pm (includes 40 minutes offline for personal reflection)
Who: Anyone who longs to live in the unforced rhythms of grace Jesus offers us to enjoy work and rest.
Look: An Autumn Morning, Henry Herbert La Thangue - Source
Listen: Establish the Work of Our Hands, The Porter’s Gate, feat. Aaron Keyes & Urban Doxology - Bandcamp w/ Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Numbers 11:4-6; Numbers 11:10-17; Numbers 11:24-29; Psalm 19:1-6; Psalm 19:7-14; James 4:7-12; James 5:6-20; Mark 9:38-48
Readings for the rest of the week*: Genesis 1:24-31; 2:1-25; Psalm 90; Luke 5:1-11; Acts 16; Romans 8:28-39; Colossians 3:22-41
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Eighteenth Week After Pentecost
Do: For the final seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider God’s gifts of work and rest - both spiritual acts of worship. In the company of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, ask this question prayerfully: What is one thing you have learned about vocation that has a direct bearing on how you should think or go about your work, whether in a paid job or in you home or in your community?
Look: A deer wanders through heavy smoke in front of a row of burned cars during the Dixie fire in Greenville, California on Aug. 6. The enormous wildfire has been burning since mid-July and is the largest in the state's history, Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images - Source
Listen:
Read: (Sunday) Wisdom 1:16-2:1; Wisdom 2:12-22; Psalm 54; James 3:16-4:6; Mark 9:30-37
Readings for the rest of the week*: Psalm 42-43; Psalm 131; Matthew 11:28-30; 2 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 1:15-23; 3:14-21
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Seventeenth Week After Pentecost
Do: For this middle seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider a cycle of God’s love that alternates between permission to love ourselves and the imperative to love our neighbor. Set aside some extended time alone this week for quiet contemplation; give attention to the state of your soul, and open yourself to God’s loving and healing presence.
Look: Bless Those, W. Hemmerling - Source
Listen: Prayer of St. Francis, Laura Mvula - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Isaiah 50:4-9; Psalm 116:1-9; Psalm 116:10-16; James 2:1-18; Mark 9:14-29
Readings for the rest of the week*: Genesis 32 - 33; Exodus 33:12-34:9; Psalm 103; Matthew 5:38-48; Matthew 18:21-35; Romans 12:14-21
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Sixteenth Week After Pentecost
Do: For this middle seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider a cycle of God’s love that alternates between permission to love ourselves and the imperative to love our neighbor. As you bask in the forgiveness of God through Christ, ask the Holy Spirit to bring to your mind someone in your life that you might need to forgive for some wrong against you.
Look: Be of Love (a little) More Careful Than of Everything (four works), Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita) - Source
Listen: The Greatest Commandment, The Porter’s Gate - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Love Will Never Fail, The Porter’s Gate, feat. Leslie Jordan - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Isaiah 35:4-7; Psalm 146; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:31-37
Readings for the rest of the week*: 1 Samuel 18:1-9; 20:1-42; Psalm 101; Matthew 6:19-24; Matthew 13:1-23; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4:7-21
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Fifteenth Week After Pentecost
Do: For this middle seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider a cycle of God’s love that alternates between permission to love ourselves and the imperative to love our neighbor. As you meditate on the shape of love from 1 Corinthians 13, choose one facet of love to offer each person you encounter this week (including your own self.)
Look: A Busy Mind, Caitlin Connolly - Source
Listen: Would You Be Well, Taylor Leonhardt - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Joshua 24:1-2; Joshua 24:14-25; Psalm 16; Ephesians 5:15-33; Ephesians 6:1-9; John 6:60-69
(Through the week) 1 Kings 3:1-12; 4:29-34; Psalm 19; Proverbs 1; Matthew 11:25-27; 1 Corinthians 2
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Thirteenth Week After Pentecost
Do: For this middle seven weeks of Ordinary Time, we’ll consider a cycle of God’s love that alternates between permission to love ourselves and the imperative to love our neighbor.
This week, consider the reality that “In [Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col 2:3).
As you linger in the mystery and wonder of this gift, consider what a posture of intellectual humility and spiritual openness looks like in your relationships with yourself and your neighbors.
Consider these questions: What are the habits you’ve cultivated to feed your mind? What are the habits you’ve cultivated to stay humble in mind?
WE MEET THIS WEEK for the second virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time. WANT TO JOIN US?
The Love My Neighbor & Myself has a few open spots left. Want to join us?
We’ll meet 40 minutes for guided prayer, silence, and scripture reading, 40 minutes for individual reflection (offline) with the help of simple prompts included in the downloadable retreat guide, and 40 minutes for group spiritual direction with space for guided response and Q & A.
AUGUST 26: Love Neighbor & Self
11:30 am - 1:30 pm (Eastern)
Caring for self and neighbor: Hospitality, generosity, justice, and forgiveness.
To keep it simple, I’ll email you the day before the retreat with the Zoom link and retreat guide pdf. That's it. You just register and show up!
REGISTER HERE
Look: Interactive map of Native Lands - Source; Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America, University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab via American Lament + area description notes- Source
Listen: The Zaccheaus Song, The Porter’s Gate, feat. Sandra McCracken & Paul Zach -Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics
Read: (Sunday) Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 147; Ephesians 5:3-14; John 6:53-59
(Through the week) Psalm 112: Genesis 13; Matthew 20:1-16; Luke 2:1-4; Romans 12:1-13
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Twelfth Week After Pentecost
Do: This week, consider how one response to God’s incalculable grace is to extend that bounty to our neighbors.
In the lavish generosity of God’s presence with you, consider the following question: Where do you have an opportunity to be generous this week with your money, time, or God-given abilities?
Register for the second virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time.
On August 26, I’m hosting Love My Neighbor & Myself. You can read all of the details and register at this link
Look: Adam and Eve, Brian Kershisnik - Source
Listen: His Banner Over Me, Christy Nockels - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Deuteronomy 8:1-10; Psalm 34:1-7; Psalm 34:8-15; Psalm 34:16-22; Ephesians 4:17-5:2; John 6:37-51
(Through the week) Psalm 128; Song of Solomon; Ecclesiastes 9:7-10; Matthew 6:25-33; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Eleventh Week After Pentecost
Do: This week, consider how the expression of God’s loving hospitality informs how we perceive and care for our own bodies. We care for others as we care for ourselves - our actual living, breathing, needing bodies.
As you commune with God, consider the following questions:
What is your attitude toward your own body with its needs and pleasures?
Do you need to hear God’s permission to care for and enjoy your body?
Do you respond to your own body with indifference or neglect - giving your time, energy, and money toward habits of your mind or emotional needs only? Or have you noticed that your response to your body is to anxious and indulgent - overspending time, energy, and money?
2. Register for the second virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time.
On August 26, I’m hosting Love My Neighbor & Myself. You can read all of the details and register at this link.
Look: Dinner Party, Ryan Kapp - Source
Listen: Psalm 23, Zach Winters - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Exodus 16:2-4; Exodus 16:5-8; Exodus 16:9-15; Psalm 78:1-13; Psalm 78:14-26; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35
(Through the week) Genesis 18:1-17; Deuteronomy 10:12-22; Psalm 23; Ruth 2; 4:13-22; Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 14:1-14; 3 John
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Ninth Week After Pentecost
Do: This week, consider how the expression of God’s love flows to us and through us to our neighbors in the form of hospitality. First God sets a table for us and then instructs us to invite others to the table. As you commune with God, consider the following questions:
Who do you know that could benefit from the kind of hospitality that reflects the character of God?
What plans could you make this week to show such hospitality to someone in the coming days or weeks?
Register for the second virtual retreat in the Rhythms of Grace Retreat Series for Ordinary Time.
On August 26, I’m hosting Love My Neighbor & Myself. You can read all of the details and register at this link.
Look: Life in Community, Aidan Hart with contributions from Donald Jackson for The Saint John’s Bible - Source (Image used from this article: The Art of The Saint John’s Bible)
Listen: The Church’s One Foundation, Indelible Grace, feat. Brian Moss - Text | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) 2 Kings 2:1-15; Psalm 114; Ephesians 3:1-7; Ephesians 3:8-21; Mark 6:45-52
(Through the week) Psalm 67; Genesis 12:1-9; Luke 10:1-20; Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3; 2 Corinthians 8-9; Galatians 1:11-2:10
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Ninth Week After Pentecost
Do: In the safety of God’s presence, ask the Spirit to help you prayerfully sit with questions about what it means to join Christ in his giving and sending community. Ask God’s help to give something of yourself this week to one of the partners or people groups highlighted in your time of prayer.
Look: Voici l’homme!, 2019 by Marc Padeu after Caravaggio’s “Ecce homo” - Source 1 Source 2
Read Victoria Elizabeth Jones’ description of Padeau’s work here.
Listen: Love is the Rebel Song by Jon Foreman - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics
Read: (Sunday) Isaiah 57:14-21; Psalm 22:23-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-44
(Through the week) Psalm 105; 1 Kings 18; Luke 9:7-9; Luke 22:66-23:25; Acts 12; Acts 21:22-26:32
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Eighth Week After Pentecost
Do: In the safety of God’s presence, ask the Spirit to help you prayerfully sit with questions about what it means to join Christ in his confronting the (false) religious and political powers of this world.
Look: Forgive Thy Other, Scott Erickson - Source
Listen: Brother, Good Shepherd Collective, feat. Propaganda, Liz Vice, Charles Jones & Dee Wilson - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85; Ephesians 1:1-14; Ephesians 1:15-23; Mark 6:7-13
(Through the week) Psalm 133; Jonah 1-4; Luke 7:1-10; Acts 10:1-11:18; Colossians 3:1-17; Philemon
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Seventh Week After Pentecost
Do: In the safety of God’s presence, ask the Spirit to help you prayerfully sit with questions about what it means to join Christ in his suffering and his serving community
Look: La Mort, Arcabas - Source
Listen: I Love You Lord (Psalm 116), Mission House, feat. Jess Ray, Taylor Leonhardt, Andrew & Skye Peterson - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Ezekiel 2:1-7; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-6
(Through the week) Psalm 116; 1 Kings 17:17-24; Luke 13:14-17; Acts 8:4-9:43; Acts 28:1-10
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Sixth Week After Pentecost
Do: In the safety of God’s presence, ask the Spirit to help you listen to specific invitations to join Jesus in God’s mission to set people free.
Look: Mother Teresa, M. F. Husain - Source
Listen: Little Things With Great Love, The Porter’s Gate, feat. Madison Cunningham - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: (Sunday) Deuteronomy 15:7-11; Psalm 112; 2 Corinthians 8:1-15; Mark 5:22-43
(The rest of the week) Psalm 11; 1 Kings 17:8-16; Luke 21:12-19; Acts 6:1-8:3; 1 Peter 4:7-19
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Fifth Week After Pentecost
Do: In the safety of God’s presence, ask the Spirit to help you prayerfully sit with questions about what it means to join Christ in his suffering and his serving community + register for this Thursday’s Worship in the World & Church retreat
Look: Spirit of Elijah, Diane Fairfield - Source
Listen: Even Unto Death, Audrey Assad - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Job 38:1-11; Psalm 107:1-3; Psalm 107:23-32; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; Mark 4:35-41
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Fourth Week After Pentecost
Do: In the safety of God’s presence, ask the Spirit to help you prayerfully sit with questions about the reality of persecution in the kingdom of God + register for the Rhythms of Grace retreat series
Look: World’s Smallest Seed, James B. Janknegt - Source
Listen: Teach Us Your Ways, The Porter’s Gate - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Ezekiel 31:1-6; Ezekiel 31:7-9; Ezekiel 31:10-14; Psalm 92; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Mark 4:26-34
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Third Week After Pentecost
Do: Reconnect with a praying and sharing community.
Also, register for A Sacramental Life’s Retreat Series for Ordinary Time!
Look: High and Lifted Up, 2020, Phyllis Stephens
Listen: Born to Preach the Gospel, Ashley Cleveland - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Genesis 3:1-21; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4:13-18; Mark 3:20-35
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Second Week After Pentecost
Do: Pray for awareness, courage, and joy in proclaiming the gospel & register for one, two, or all three virtual mini-retreats I’m hosting during Ordinary Time.
Ordinary Time Daybook 2020 (Year A/2)
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