Look to the Interests of Others

by | May 20, 2026 | Devotions

Christ crowned with thorns by Dieric Bouts, c. 1470. Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Scott Tunseth. This week we hear the first half of the second chapter of Paul’s Letter to the Philippians. And what a profound and beautiful message it is. Paul is...

Whose interests are we looking at?

by | May 18, 2026 | Devotions

Today’s author is Prince of Peace’s Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. Inigo Montoya “Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others.”  [Philippians 2:4] When I read that line, I hear Inigo Montoya (the character Mandy...

Partners in the Gospel

by | May 15, 2026 | Devotions

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Caryn Josephson. Philippians 1:1–18a In Philippians 1:3–6, Paul writes: “I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the...

Grace in the Small Things

by | May 13, 2026 | Devotions

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Caryn Josephson. Philippians 1:1–18a Paul is writing from a place he did not choose—a season of confinement and uncertainty. And yet his first words are not bitterness, but gratitude. He prays with tenderness, he...

“The Parable of the Bench”

by | May 11, 2026 | Devotions

Today’s author is Prince of Peace’s Intentional Interim, Pr. Steve Sylvester. At a church I served some time ago, we acted out “The Parable of the Bench” in worship to depict to a congregation two very ways of getting something done.  The goal was to...

The Bench Seat

by | May 8, 2026 | Devotions

Today’s authors are Prince of Peace members Carol Swanson and Mary Jo Trapp. Can you think of a time you felt far from God? What about a time you felt like God was far from you? –two questions from the women’s Gather magazine bible study in April. Here is how...