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This Day: Visit us each day for a contemplative experience – an image, a Scripture reading, a quotation from Fruit of the Vine, a query, and a poem-prayer. On Saturday each week, we will feature an excerpted Quaker testimony. On Sunday each week, we will offer a Scripture reading, historic Quaker quotation, questions for consideration, and a personal essay from the Illuminate lesson for that week.

Photo by Eric Muhr

Photo by Eric Muhr

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

Scripture: Ezekiel 36:26–27; 2 Corinthians 3:4–6; Ephesians 3:14–16; John 1:9–13

“God’s Spirit within us empowers our faith, equips us to work effectively with Christ in our world, and transforms us from the inside out to be like Jesus. Scripture talks about the power of prayer; we’ve likely all been disappointed when it hasn’t seemed to ‘work.’ But living fully as a loved and forgiven person makes the difference” –Cleta Crisman, Fruit of the Vine

Query: Can you embrace God’s power today?


I Used to Think Heaven Was Future

Suddenly I knew,

when we stood in a circle

holding hands;

suddenly I knew,

that because of the circle,

because of friendship,

because of love—

yes, and because of the brokenness,

and the need—

I have been

in heaven

all

my life.

–Carol Bialock, Coral Castles

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