O God, who didst give to thy servant John Chrysostom grace eloquently to proclaim thy righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of thy Name: Mercifully grant to all bishops and pastors such excellency in preaching, and fidelity in ministering thy Word, that thy people shall be partakers with them of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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A Prayer for the day from James Mountain
Almighty God, we beseech thee of thy mercy to endue us with the spirit of meekness and patience; so that no evil we may suffer from others may move us to do evil to them, and that we may strive ever to live peaceably with all men; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
–The Rev. James Mountain (1844-1933)
cool, calm solitude #forest ❄️ #nature #peace pic.twitter.com/0XnrMmBHnK
— Portmann Carrick (@PortmannCarrick) January 27, 2025
From the Morning Scripture Readings
Paul an apostle–not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead–and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel–not that there is another gospel, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
–Galatians 1:1-7
Ich wünsche euch eine glückliche neue Woche.♡🍀 pic.twitter.com/rdnKSIdZJ1
— Constanze Riegel (@ConstanzeRiegel) January 27, 2025
A Prayer for the day from the Church of England
Almighty God,
whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder of your saving presence:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your mighty power;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Na regen zonneschijn. Fijne zondag😀 #zonsondergang #roeibootje pic.twitter.com/NFd7q6PWfk
— Tjark Dieterman (@DietermanTjark) January 26, 2025
From the Morning Scripture Readings
Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-za’tha, which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your pallet, and walk.” And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet.” But he answered them, “The man who healed me said to me, ‘Take up your pallet, and walk.'” They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your pallet, and walk’?” Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you.” The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
–John 5:2-15
A clear night so I couldn't resist a wander amongst the stars. Taken in Glastonbury about 30 minutes ago. Sheep nestle below the wonder at the bottom of the scene. pic.twitter.com/4k39DFG4IA
— Michelle Cowbourne (@Glastomichelle) January 25, 2025
A Prayer for the Feast Day of the Conversion of Saint Paul
O God, who by the preaching of thine apostle Paul hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same by following the holy doctrine which he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
The Conversion of Saint Paul (Beato Angelico O.P.). The scene focuses entirely on Paul's personal encounter with the risen Christ, whose overwhelming power of grace is represented by the light emanating from him. Unlike other medieval painters, Fra Angelico does not depict the… pic.twitter.com/enPiPjesbc
— Vir Desideriorum (@VirDesideriorum) January 25, 2025
A prayer from the day from the thought of Saint Fulgentius
We beseech Thee, O God, the God of truth, that what we know not of things we ought to know Thou wilt teach us; that what we know of truth Thou wilt keep us therein; that what we are mistaken in, as men must be, Thou wilt correct; that at whatsoever truths we stumble Thou wilt yet establish us; and from all things that are false, and from all knowledge that would be hurtful, do Thou evermore deliver us.
–Frederick B. Macnutt, The prayer manual for private devotions or public use on divers occasions: Compiled from all sources ancient, medieval, and modern (A.R. Mowbray, 1951)
☕☀️ Guten Morgen ☀️☕
— Brigitta Neurauter (@BrigittaNeurau2) January 25, 2025
Schönes Wochenende, liebe Freunde!
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From the Morning Bible Readings
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.
–Ephesians 6:10-18a
Sunrise on Glastonbury Tor this morning. Very cold but so worth it. pic.twitter.com/gNfKiU7FCm
— Michelle Cowbourne (@Glastomichelle) January 25, 2025
(Church Times) Henry Wansbrough reviews ‘The Challenge of Acts’ by Tom Wright
Neither N. T. Wright, author of major original theological research such as The Resurrection of the Son of God or The Climax of the Covenant, nor Tom Wright, author of the popular series . . . for Everyone (including two slim volumes, Acts for Everyone), needs any introduction. The current volume springs from a series of lectures first delivered in Oxford in 2023 and elaborated in Houston, Texas, during that summer. It is typical of the author’s informal and cheerful spoken style; the reader experiences him challenging, correcting an imaginary audience, almost singing the occasional musical illustration.
Clearly the product of wide learning, the book is not itself a work of scholarship, but, as it claims, a challenge. There are brilliant nuggets, such as the bracketing of Acts at beginning and end by emphasis on the Kingdom of God restored to Israel or the critical sketch of the Church at Corinth, “arrogant, puffed up, casual, chaotic, soft” because they avoided persecution, or the claim that worship of the gods then was like electricity today: no household could function without it. But the real joy of the book is its confident, free-ranging suggestions for further explorations: e.g. a new Temple theology.
(2009 [London] Times) Tom Wright–The Church must stop trivialising #Easter https://t.co/QRZfgvbKEq #easter2019 #anglican #theology #apologetics #21stc pic.twitter.com/iJmw4MoY9g
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) April 22, 2019
(RNS) Karen Prior–The state isn’t God. Nor should it be.
The viewer first recoils at this dystopian society’s upside-down standard of beauty. “Eye of the Beholder” asks us to think about where we get our standards of beauty in the first place. But more importantly, the show invites us to recoil even more at what they do with those who fail to achieve their standard.
The Christian knows that God offers sure and true answers. But what is the Christian to do in response to those who have different answers? Who don’t know the truth? That question was settled by the founders of this country when they wrote the U.S. Constitution and its First Amendment, but that foundation is being undermined by Christian nationalists who seek to “merge Christian and American identities, distorting both the Christian faith and America’s constitutional democracy.”
The original audience Serling sought to challenge were communist sympathizers and Cold War-era dictators and all who would fall for the false comforts offered by such. That challenge is recurring.
Janet offers timeless wisdom when she cries out to her physician:
“Who are you people, anyway? What is this state? Who makes up all the rules and the statutes and the traditions? The people who are different have to stay away from other people who are normal. The state isn’t God, Doctor.”
Today, those advocating Christian nationalism might heed Janet’s words.
A good one from @KSPrior:
— W. David O. Taylor (@wdavidotaylor) January 24, 2025
“Who are you people, anyway? What is this state? Who makes up all the rules and the statutes and the traditions? The people who are different have to stay away from other people who are normal. The state isn’t God, Doctor.”https://t.co/xgKwAHsFG3
Friday Food for Thought from Don Fortner on Marriage
‘[Note the]….high honour our Lord places upon marriage. By his presence at the marriage feast, the Son of God said, ‘This is an honourable thing’ (Genesis 1:28; 2:18–25; Hebrews 13:4). One of the first steps toward moral decadence in any society is a low esteem for this ordinance of God. Where there is no sanctity of marriage, there is no regard for God or his law, no regard for moral decency, and no regard for human life. These things stand and fall together!
–Quoted by yours truly in last Sunday’s sermon from Don Fortner of Grace Baptist Church of Danville, KY, who pastored there for over 40 years and died in 2020
The only way for one of God’s elect to become unaccepted is for God to reject his own Son, for we are in him! Until God rejects Christ, he cannot, and will not, reject those who are in Christ. This is our blessed security! ‘He hath made us accepted in the beloved.’ Don Fortner. pic.twitter.com/GtkiuwyJB9
— The High Calvinist. (@SavedbygraceIII) May 23, 2024
(Small Wars Journal) The New Front in America’s National Security: Combating Narcoterrorism
President Trump’s landmark executive order designating major drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) marks a watershed moment in America’s approach to national security and strategic competition against China. This reclassification acknowledges an uncomfortable truth: the fentanyl crisis is not merely a law enforcement challenge but a sophisticated form of irregular warfare targeting American society, with cartels serving as proxies in a broader strategic campaign orchestrated by China against U.S. interests.
The devastating impact of this proxy warfare is reflected in stark statistics. According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, were responsible for over 70,000 deaths in 2022. The Drug Enforcement Administration has meticulously documented how Mexican cartels have industrialized fentanyl production using precursor chemicals sourced predominantly from China, creating what amounts to a chemical weapons supply chain targeting American communities. These aren’t merely crime statistics – they represent casualties in an irregular war being waged through proxy forces, with networks stretching from Beijing through Sinaloa and into every major American city.
The Brookings Institution has documented how this crisis disproportionately impacts working-class communities, creating zones of social instability that strain local governments and emergency services – precisely the type of internal disruption that aligns with China’s strategic objectives. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates the economic burden of the opioid crisis exceeds $1 trillion, representing a significant drain on American resources and societal resilience. This continued deficit reduces our ability to reinvest in competition with China, while contributing to the ballooning national debt.
— Small Wars Journal (@smallwars) January 22, 2025
A Prayer for the Day from W R Matthews
O God, Who clothest Thyself with light as with a garment, and makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise Thee: mercifully grant that, as by Thy created light we perceive the wonders of Thy universe, so by the uncreated light of Thy Spirit we may discern the adorable majesty of Thy being; and that, our hearts and minds being illumined by His presence, we may walk in Thy paths without stumbling, until at last all shadows flee away, and in Thy perfect light we see light; Who with the Son and the Holy Spirit art God for everlasting.
–Frederick B. Macnutt, The prayer manual for private devotions or public use on divers occasions: Compiled from all sources ancient, medieval, and modern (A.R. Mowbray, 1951)
Morning everyone I hope you are well. Definitely breezy on my earlier dog walk, with gusts expected of 70 MPH +(higher on the fells). Staying low level and local. The beautiful 17th century Rydal Grot. Have a great day.#LakeDistrict pic.twitter.com/n2aXuWTnsL
— Rod Hutchinson (@lakesrhino) January 24, 2025
From the Morning Bible Readings
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
–Ephesians 6:1-4
Calmer days🥰💙
— Gill (@GillianLouiseD) January 24, 2025
Hope everyone survived the storm last night 😱😱 The wind was ferocious 🌬💨
Happy Friday all🩷🩷#windmill #BlueSky #nature #NatureBeauty #naturelovers #photooftheday #photography #ThePhotoHour #Friday pic.twitter.com/cgZUsm7uP0
(Church Times) February General Synod agenda dominated by safeguarding
Safeguarding dominates the agenda for the first three days of the upcoming General Synod session, a five-day meeting beginning on Monday 10 February. The business will “help with the journey of improvement that the Church of England is on”, the secretary-general, William Nye, told a press briefing on Thursday.
In response to the Wilkinson (News, 11 December 2023) and Jay (News, 21 February 2024) reports, detailed proposals for a new structural model of organisations to deliver and scrutinise safeguarding on behalf of the Church of England, published on Thursday, set out two possible models, which will be put to the vote.
The first would see safeguarding officers currently working in dioceses, cathedrals and the national Church transfer to work for a new organisation. The second would see diocesan and cathedral officers remain with their current employers but most national staff move to a new body. In both cases, safeguarding work would be scrutinised by a second external body.
A motion responding to the Makin report (News, 7 November 2024) comes as early as Monday afternoon, with a presentation and debate on the proposed new structures beginning mid-morning on Tuesday and continuing into the afternoon if needed.
Safeguarding dominates the agenda for the first three days of the upcoming General Synod session. The business will “help with the journey of improvement that the Church of England is on”, the secretary-general, William Nye, told a press briefing today.https://t.co/bhm38pVuF4
— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) January 23, 2025
(Economist) The advancement of Chinese AI, and the potential impacts on US Policy
If there is a single technology America needs to bring about the “thrilling new era of national success” that President Donald Trump promised in his inauguration speech, it is generative artificial intelligence. At the very least, ai will add to the next decade’s productivity gains, fuelling economic growth. At the most, it will power humanity through a transformation comparable to the Industrial Revolution.
Mr Trump’s hosting the next day of the launch of “the largest ai infrastructure project in history” shows he grasps the potential. But so does the rest of the world—and most of all, China. Even as Mr Trump was giving his inaugural oration, a Chinese firm released the latest impressive large language model (LLM). Suddenly, America’s lead over China in ai looks smaller than at any time since ChatGPT became famous.
China’s catch-up is startling because it had been so far behind—and because America had set out to slow it down. Joe Biden’s administration feared that advanced ai could secure the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) military supremacy. So America has curtailed exports to China of the best chips for training ai and cut off China’s access to many of the machines needed to make substitutes. Behind its protective wall, Silicon Valley has swaggered. Chinese researchers devour American papers on ai; Americans have rarely returned the compliment.
The success of China’s large language models could turn the economics of AI on its head. America must prepare for a world in which China is breathing down its neck https://t.co/RGElwLsoIN 👇
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) January 23, 2025
(Local Paper) Sledding, snowball fights and snow angels: South Carolina coast revels in a rare winter wonderland
Lowcountry residents woke up Jan. 22 to a relatively unfamiliar sight and sound — a healthy blanket of snow and the silence it brought. But that hush quickly changed to the sounds of laughter and the crunch of snow under foot and tire — and, in some cases, makeshift sled — as a region got out and about in the winter wonderland.
While many across the state frolicked, local officials took a more somber tone, warning people to keep off the roads and that disruptions due to dangerously cold temperatures could continue at least into Jan. 23.
Sledding, snowball fights and snow angels: #southcarolina coast revels in a rare winter wonderland https://t.co/4IxKY7epHo #winterstorm #weather #snow #lowcountrylife
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) January 23, 2025
A Description of Bishop Phillips Brooks’ Funeral–‘Boston came to a virtual standstill’
Phillips Brooks died on Monday, 23 January 1893, at the age of 57. On the day of his funeral, 26th January, Boston came to a virtual standstill. “The Boston stock exchange many of the business houses of the city closed from 11 o’clock until two, “reported the New York Times, “and brokers and clerks swell the throng that blackened Copley square“ in front of Trinity Church and filled the surrounding streets. Brooks’s body had lain in state on the west porch of the church since 8 AM while 15,000 mourners filed by.
–John Frederick, Wolverton , The Education of Philip Brooks (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995), page 1
"Topical preaching may be interesting but it grows unsatisfactory because it does not fasten itself to the authority of Scripture. It tempts the preachers' genius & invention, but is apt to send people with a feeling that they have heard more from him than God"
— Expositors Collective (@expositcllctv) January 20, 2025
–Phillips Brooks pic.twitter.com/xDvPmswNa2
A Prayer for the Feast Day of Phillips Brooks
O everlasting God, who didst reveal truth to thy servant Phillips Brooks, and didst so form and mold his mind and heart that he was able to mediate that truth with grace and power: Grant, we pray, that all whom thou dost call to preach the Gospel may steep themselves in thy word, and conform their lives to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
American Episcopal clergyman, author, and writer of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," Phillips Brooks died on January 23, 1893, in Boston, Massachusetts, after a brief illness. He was remembered as one of the most influential American preachers of his time. https://t.co/Fo9vnmPbab pic.twitter.com/h0V7u0Q6rS
— Trivia Encyclopedia (@edpearce080759) January 23, 2025
A Prayer for the day from the Prayer Manual
O Lord, Whom to know is to live, I beseech Thee to increase in me the knowledge of Thy truth. In the truth which I know, establish me; whatsoever things I ought to know, teach me; in truths wherein I waver, confirm me; in those things wherein I am deceived, correct me; in things hard to understand, guide me; and from untruths, false and noisome, deliver me. Send out Thy light and Thy truth, and let them lead me, till I know as I am known.
–Frederick B. Macnutt, The prayer manual for private devotions or public use on divers occasions: Compiled from all sources ancient, medieval, and modern (A.R. Mowbray, 1951)
Slowly but surely, we're getting more daylight each day. In two months, the clocks go forward in the UK and the sun will set after 7.30pm ☁️
— Salisbury Cathedral (@SalisburyCath) January 23, 2025
📸 – @martinjamescook pic.twitter.com/gf3zLVTnKS
From the Morning Bible Readings
And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on a stand? For there is nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light. If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.” And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how. The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
–Mark 4:21-34
Good Morning pic.twitter.com/cXPq4TUHXv
— Veritatis Cupitor (@English1Maiden) January 23, 2025
(Church Times) Disciplinary action for clergy named in Makin review to be decided by panel of three
Disciplinary action against individuals criticised in the Makin report is to be considered by a panel including a lawyer known for his work prosecuting Rochdale grooming gangs, it was announced on Thursday.
The lawyer Nazir Afzal will sit as one of the three decision-makers on a panel also comprising the Church of England’s National Director of Safeguarding, Alexander Kubeyinje, and a former Director of People at Croydon Council, Barbara Peacock.
Mr Afzal is also chair of the C of E’s National Safeguarding Panel (NSP), which offers independent scrutiny and guidance to the Church’s National Safeguarding Team, led by Mr Kubeyinje (News, 13 September).
The announcement from Church House on Thursday says that Mr Afzal’s work on the new panel “is separate [from] and independent” of his position with the NSP.
Disciplinary action against individuals criticised in the Makin report is to be considered by a panel including a lawyer known for his work prosecuting Rochdale grooming gangs, it was announced on Thursday https://t.co/qwJzYxSbsy
— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) January 22, 2025
(CSIS) Seeding Security: Why Agrobiodiversity Loss Threatens National Security
Q1: What is the status of global agrobiodiversity?
A1: Today, biodiversity is being lost faster than at any time on record. Since the turn of the twentieth century, the average abundance of terrestrial native species has declined by at least 20 percent across most ecosystems around the world, while the number of crop varieties grown on farms has fallen by more than 90 percent over the last 100 years. Paradoxically, it is the agrifood system itself that is the primary driver of the ecological disruption and degradation imperiling agrobiodiversity around the world.
The environmental impacts of modern food production are myriad. About half of all habitable land on Earth is used for agriculture, while agricultural practices and other human activities have degraded up to 40 percent of the world’s land. Some industrial agriculture has led to the overexploitation of resources that drives habitat loss, the decline in the number of crop species and erosion of crop genetic diversity, and the introduction of invasive species and pollutants—all of which disrupt fragile ecosystems.
In this context, agriculture faces the opposing challenges of increasing food production to meet the needs of a growing global population, while reducing its ecological footprint to ensure that natural resources required for productive agriculture are sustained. In the absence of policies that safeguard agrobiodiversity, efforts to meet food demands threaten to erode the foundation of food production itself.
Agriculture is increasingly strained by growing food demand, global conflict, and the loss of its most foundational resource, agrobiodiversity. This loss threatens not just food security, but global security writ large.
— CSIS (@CSIS) January 22, 2025
Learn more from @CSISFoodWater: https://t.co/HVUCReVKDW
(Axios) OpenAI product chief says world is “on the verge” of AI agents
Humanity is “on the verge” of having AI agents that can complete tasks in the real world, OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil told Axios’ Ina Fried in Davos Tuesday.
Why it matters: Weil’s prediction comes days after Axios reported that a major AI company was close to announcing a breakthrough regarding the creation of Ph.D.-level AI super-agents capable of completing complex tasks.
What he’s saying: “I think 2025 is the year that we go from ChatGPT being this super smart thing that can answer any question you ask to ChatGPT doing things in the real world for you,” Weil told Axios.
- The advanced reasoning skills of new AI models, and improved ability to be multimodal and engage with humans, will be key to this ability, Weil said.
- He predicted that likely as soon as this year, AI agents will be able to do tasks like filling out forms or making restaurant reservations.
OpenAI product chief says
— Spiros Margaris (@SpirosMargaris) January 22, 2025
world is "on the verge" of AI agents https://t.co/PwXP5TX9Vp @ivanas26 @axios pic.twitter.com/VgwPqAg1s6
A Prayer for the Feast Day of Saint Vincent
Almighty God, whose deacon Vincent, upheld by thee, was not terrified by threats nor overcome by torments: Strengthen us, we beseech thee, to endure all adversity with invincible and steadfast faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Today's the feast of St Vincent, a 3rd Century Spanish deacon martyr, shown being tortured on a grid iron in 13th Century French glass now in the Stained Glass Museum, Ely. His legend is similar to that of St Lawrence, another Spanish deacon martyr of roughly the same date. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/kVyqEzec1o
— Simon Knott (@SimoninSuffolk) January 22, 2025
A Prayer for the day from Henry Alford
O Blessed Lord, who in the days of thy earthly childhood didst earnestly desire to be about thy Father’s business: Give us the grace of thy Holy Spirit early to seek thee and evermore to follow thee; that being continuously aided by thy grace, we may be exercised in thy service; who livest and reignest with the Holy Spirit, world without end.
Such an uncommon sight, snow, early this morning in @summervillesc #southcarolina #WinterStorm #lowcountrylife #chswx #scwx #photos #weather @EdPiotrowski pic.twitter.com/ymj3yAx1Eu
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) January 22, 2025
From the Morning Bible Readings
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ungird the loins of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
“I will go before you
and level the mountains,
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut asunder the bars of iron,
I will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I surname you, though you do not know me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
I gird you, though you do not know me,
that men may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe,
I am the Lord, who do all these things.
–Isaiah 45:1-7
Guten Morgen ☀️🍀💫 pic.twitter.com/GmJosmgNyt
— LeaRotenbach (@LeaRotenbach) January 22, 2025
