To be sure, God’s presence can be known through the words of Psalm 139. But for the people trying to find their way through an ever more dangerous and deadly place, that Presence needs to known in the flesh—their flesh and our flesh.

I’ve always had trouble with the third Beatitude. The other blessings from Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount are worthy goals: hungering for righteousness, showing mercy, striving for peace. But being “meek”—as the King James Bible, the Revised Standard Version, and the NRSV translate Matthew 5:5—has always been personally unattainable.

"A Good Friday Credo" - A UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold

Sometimes the prayer for daily bread took on other tangible forms. I prayed for daily sunrises, daily walks, or a daily check-in with a coll

Breaking the silence, asking for help, giving thanks, remembering the covenant and God’s past deliverance from fear and falling. Maybe that’

The day after the inauguration, Psalm 145 reminds us that—no matter who occupies the White House or walks the halls of Congress—when we pray

We’re getting ready for the birth of Jesus. Why this story about the death of Elijah? What do a chariot and horses of fire have to do with t

Lord, when our faith is used to justify violence and hatred, help us remember Francis of Assisi—how he sought to follow you with love for Br

"What Have You to Do with Us?" A UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold.

Let me be a seal upon your heart, like the seal upon your arm, for love is fierce as death, passion is mighty as Sheol. - Song of Songs...

Holy Manna All Around, A UCC Daily Devotional By Rev. Talitha Arnold of the United Church of Santa Fe.

A UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold.

"I Love Your Law" - A UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold, Senior Minister at the United Church of Santa Fe.

Fire in Their Bones- UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold.

God chose the servant David and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the nursing ewes God brought him to be the shepherd of God’s...

"Refuge," a UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold of the United Church of Santa Fe. A place of refuge.

"Surely God Was in This Place", A UCC Daily Devotional by Reverend Talitha Arnold.

"Lessons in New Life" A UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold, Pastor of United Church of Santa Fe.

My times are in your hand, deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. - Psalm 31:15 (NRSV) I wonder if Jesus prayed Psalm 31...