God in Social Living

Today’s Reflection

There is a human inclination to seek God in the individual life, but the attempt to realize God in social living is rare. . . . [True religion] not only looks toward heaven, but also turns toward earth with a feeling of being in heaven.

—Edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Toyohiko Kagawa (Upper Room Books, 2017)

Today’s Question

What would your social connections and social activism look like if you made them from the perspective of heaven?

Today’s Scripture

For I am about to create new heavensand a new earth;the former things shall not be rememberedor come to mind.

—Isaiah 65:17 NRSVUE

Prayer for the Week

God, let your Holy Spirit live in me so I can view the world from your perspective. Amen.