Centered on Pets 08.27.2025

Today’s Reflection

Pets can help us reconnect—to the present moment, to others, to life itself.

—Betsy Singleton Snyder & Gayle McKuin Fiser,  New Tricks: How Pet Ministry Can Transform Faith Communities and Change Lives (Upper Room Books 2025)

Today’s Question

How might an animal help you connect to the present moment?Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

Be still, and know that I am God!—Psalm 46:10 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

God, give me opportunities to practice loving others so that I can learn to love like you. Amen.Submit your prayer to The Upper Room.

Something More

Join our global community of prayer! On The Upper Room Prayer Wall, you can share your joys and concerns; and, as a prayer partner, you can respond to the prayer requests posted by others. Visit UpperRoom.org/prayer.

Lectionary Readings

• Jeremiah 2:4-13

• Psalm 81:1, 10-16

• Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

• Luke 14:1, 7-14