Daily Devotionals
Loving Our Neighbors – Part 2
DAILY READING Matthew 22:39: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” FIELD NOTES Upon arriving to officiate a funeral service, the director said, “You have another funeral tomorrow.” He showed…
Loving Our Neighbors – Part 1
DAILY READING Matthew 22:39: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” FIELD NOTES When our daughters were younger, I walked with them, door to door trick-or-treating. It amazed me to…
Lost and Found
DAILY READING Luke 15:4-6: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one…
Friend
DAILY READING John 15:15: “I call you friend!” (Jesus speaking) FIELD NOTES Dr. Frankenstein sewed body parts into a monster we call “Frankenstein.” Eventually, the monster escapes into the woods….
I Once Was Blind, But Now I See
DAILY READING Mark 8:22-26 FIELD NOTES Jesus healed a blind man’s eyes with his saliva and his touch. Can you imagine the change this wrought in the man’s life? No…
Repairing the Walls
DAILY READING Nehemiah 1:1-11 FIELD NOTES After Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BC, the Temple was laid waste and the walls of the city were broken down….
Try It, You’ll Like It
DAILY READING Psalm 34:1-8 FIELD NOTES When my children were small, we had a rule at our dinner table — you didn’t have to eat everything on your plate, but…
You Know It— Now Do It
DAILY READING John 13:1-17 FIELD NOTES When I was in high school at a small private Christian school, my New Testament teacher did something I’ll never forget. In a lesson…
The Impossible Dream
DAILY READING Mark 10:23-27 FIELD NOTES Several years ago, I went to South Africa on a mission trip with our church. I traveled with my daughter who had just graduated…
Subtract Something
DAILY READING Mark 10:17-31 FIELD NOTES The story of the rich young ruler is a saga of a man who had everything. He had money, reputation, respect and religion. He…