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In 1968 Jerry Snell opened a door in the hallway outside our first hour chemistry class. He invited me into what I discovered was a darkroom. Soon I was on the school newspaper and annual staff as a photographer. Later I learned that Jerry was a Lutheran who was planning to become a pastor. A few years later I was not only a Lutheran, but I was heading off to seminary to become a Lutheran pastor, too. Jerry followed a year later and served as a pastor in Missouri until his untimely heart attack and death. I thank God for Jerry and enjoy photography still today – not to mention rejoicing in having served as a Lutheran pastor in congregations in Utah, Colorado, Arkansas and Texas. I’ve retired now and serve part time as a Congregational Support Specialist for the Texas District of the LCMS. I also provide coaching and leadership training through various PLI cohorts and with individual congregations and organizations. David Bahn is a follower of Jesus Christ, husband to Diane, father and grandfather. He is an avid amateur photographer. His photo website is “Flowers by God Photos by David” He also publishes a devotional blog DavidBahn-Reflections.com. He and Diane live in Cypress Texas and enjoy visiting their grandchildren who live in the United States and Germany. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1979, and earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1991. Diane, his wife, is now retired from PLI (PLIleadership.org). They have offered presentations on Marriage and Ministry Partnership, Leadership, Changing Your Congregation’s Culture, and Missional Living. They look are working with PLI International training pastors and wives of the ELVD Diocese of the Lutheran Church of Tanzania. David’s personal mission statement is “Leading people to realize Jesus’ calling and plans for their lives.”

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  • Follow the Word: “Let there be light!”

    Follow the Word: “Let there be light!”

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. These reflections grow out of the Follow the Word Bible reading program at St. John Lutheran Church in Cypress, Texas. This year we are reading through the Scriptures together, listening for how God speaks through his Word day by day. I hope you will join…

  • Follow the Word: When The End Is Not At All The End

    Follow the Word: When The End Is Not At All The End

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. These reflections grow out of the Follow the Word Bible reading program at St. John Lutheran Church in Cypress, Texas. This year we are reading through the Scriptures together, listening for how God speaks through his Word day by day. You are warmly invited to…

  • Follow the Word: The End Is About Hope, Not Fear

    Follow the Word: The End Is About Hope, Not Fear

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Mark 13-14, Psalm 7. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Mark 13:24-27 [Jesus says,] “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from…

  • Follow the Word: Tag-Teamed — but Not Taken Down

    Follow the Word: Tag-Teamed — but Not Taken Down

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Mark 11-12; Psalm 6. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Psalm 6 O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,    nor discipline me in your wrath.2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;    heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.3 My soul also is…

  • Follow the Word: The Kingdom of God Coming with Power

    Follow the Word: The Kingdom of God Coming with Power

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Mark 9-10; Psalm 5. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Mark 9:1-8 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it…

  • Today’s Psalms for January 4, 2026

    Please pray these Psalms with me on this Lord’s Day  Psalm 4 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!     You have given me relief when I was in distress.     Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! 2 O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?     How long will you love vain words…

  • Follow the Word: A Hand Restored, Hearts Revealed (Corrected Podcast Link)

    Follow the Word: A Hand Restored, Hearts Revealed (Corrected Podcast Link)

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Mark 3-4; Psalm 2. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Mark 3:1-12 Again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that…

  • Follow the Word: A Hand Restored, Hearts Revealed

    Follow the Word: A Hand Restored, Hearts Revealed

    Clicdk here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Mark 3-4; Psalm 2. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Mark 3:1-12 Again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that…

  • New Year – New Reading Plan: Follow the Word, The Beginning of the Gospel

    New Year – New Reading Plan: Follow the Word, The Beginning of the Gospel

    Clicdk here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Mark 1-2; Psalm 1. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Mark 1:1-15 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 242: Jesus. Only Jesus

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 242: Jesus. Only Jesus

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Today’s readings are Colossians 1; Psalm 43; 89; 2 Chronicles 1; Job 39. I hope you will join me in reading these passages. Colossians 1:15-19 [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth,…