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Let's pray today for unity among world religions, that we can grow in love, mercy, and eternal truth together.

Friend, your life is never God’s plan B. His will for your life is not second-best. The dreams God put on your heart are not leftovers or afterthoughts.

In Luke 6:35, we read Jesus’ words, “Love your enemies and do good to them.” Though the word enemy is strong, it includes anyone who we feel is in opposition to us. Who might that be today?

Many people face the daily challenge of facing struggles with depression and anxiety. Because these battles are hidden from others to see, they can be a very lonely fight.

Time can be an adversary or an ally. But what’s comforting is that it always moves forward.

Francis of Assisi’s first biographer, Thomas of Celano, said that the saint was “always fresh, always new, always beginning again.” Francis was always doing something new and surprising to serve God and the world.