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“Great Day” Monday 08/24/2026*
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“Great Day” Sunday 08/23/2026*
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“Great Day” Saturday 08/22/2026*
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” – Victor Hugo
“Music can change the world because it can change people.” – Bono
“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Anderson
“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” – J.S. Bach
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“Great Day” Friday 08/21/2026*
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“Great Day” Thursday 08/20/2026*
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“Great Day” Wednesday 08/19/2026*
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“Great Day” Tuesday 08/18/2026
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“Great Day” Tuesday 03/03/2026* Sandy Patty-Star Spangled Banner
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“Great Day Presents” Week of 08/23/2026
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The Chapel Quotes
“In a world or culture where we’re not sure what is real or fake, the solution is to really get plugged in the real Church. Human beings are very much like a scalpel to not only be used to harm but a tool that can be used to bring about health and healing. We have been designed to be in real relationships with other people. It’s worth taking the risk and plugging back in because of the incredible benefits that happen. The solution to the rise of fake is the multi-faceted Church being real. The thing that the Church should be is ‘how can I help?’”
“We are designed by God to be a fruitful vine. God is either purifying fruitless branches or He is pruning fruitful branches. The main point of your life is to produce much fruit. God’s plan is to make us as fruitful as possible. The purpose of your life is to bear more fruit, to do something significant in your life in the way you love other people and to enter into actions that have a Kingdom of God benefit. God loves you exactly who you are but He is not going to leave you where you are. Have you given God permission to prune you? You cannot grow maximally in your relationship with Jesus outside of the context of community and not being a part of this vine that’s plugged into Jesus and plugged into other people. The reality of digital discipleship today is that we are being discipled more by algorithms than by almighty God. Typical Americans spend more time on the algorithms on their phone and what they tell you to hear and think and believe than we do in God’s Word and in community. If you want the joy of being loved you have to take the risk of being known. Is it purify or prune for you today?”
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“Christian Stylings In Ivory” by composer-musician Don Krueger
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Devotion 08/23/2026
Our Devotion, “Open Your Door” is by Alissa Goeglein, a communications major at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.
“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25 (NIV)
At age twenty-four, Christ McCandless starved to death, alone in an icy trailer in Alaska.
Two years prior, after graduating from Emory University, the Virginia native cut off all communication with his family, packed a few belongings, gave his life savings of $25,000 to charity, and began traveling to “fully commune with nature.” In the second year of his journey, McCandless began down the snowy Alaskan Stampede trail, with not much more than his collection of Leo Tolstoy, Henry David Thoreau, Jack London and a personal journal. McCandless ended up dying a mere 100 days later. His last journal entry: “Happiness is only real when shared.”
The Lord created us to share life together, for as a triune God, He, himself, communes with himself. Yet, how often do we live our lives as autonomous creatures, isolated in chilly trailers of our own making? Trailers disguised as busy schedules, email, white picket fences, or a closing garage door? Let us not give up meeting together.
PRAYER: Lord, remind me of the importance of living in community. Help me to see outside my own life and to encourage and invest in those around me. In your Son’s name, I pray. Amen.
Book Review 08/19/2026
This Book Review is by Megan Alms, a Professional Writing Major at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana.
Gender Roles and the People of God
By Alice Mathews
Zondervan, PB, 238 pages
Mathews approaches one of the church’s most controversial topics: the role God has given women in the church, the home, and the world. But, by stripping the book’s perspective of language barriers and cultural differences, she is able to analyze the core of what God has said about the sacred roles of both genders.
This text debunks the historical idea that women are inferior to men. However, it still recognizes the special differences between the genders and the holy union between them. Mathews backs her statements with specific scriptural references and takes into account their context within the Bible. When analyzing a passage, Mathews offers multiple interpretations to allow the reader to come to a conclusion independently rather than telling the reader what is “correct.” A brief history of the female role is given, as well as the stories of pivotal women of the Bible, such as Mary Magdalene, Abigail, Deborah, Ruth, and Naomi.
This book gives a refreshing perspective on the value of women in a world where gender roles have become challenged, distorted, and maligned. Matthews recognizes the merits of femininity, wifely support, motherhood, and female distinctiveness. She is not a promoter of male bashing. Rather, she spotlights the harmony the different genders can create when respect is mutual. Whereas many modern Christians shrink from discussing this subject, it is important to study God’s will for gender identification and fulfillment. Each of the thirteen chapters is followed by a list of questions for discussion or personal reflection.
Review used by permission of Evangelical Church Library Association (ECLA)
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