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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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  • Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel…Preparations

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast  Isaiah 40:1-4 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,     and cry to her that her warfare is ended,     that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord‘s hand     double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;     make straight in the…

  • Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel…The Challenge of a Good Life

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast  Ephesians 2:1-10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the…

  • Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel…Our Ransom

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast  Ezekiel 34:11-16 “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they…

  • Advent Songs: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast  Isaiah 7:10-17  Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13 And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my…

  • Today’s Psalms for November 27, 2022

    Join me in praying these Psalms on this Lord’s Day Psalm 27:1-5, 14 The Lord is my light and my salvation;    whom shall I fear?The Lord is the stronghold of my life;    of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me    to eat up my flesh,my adversaries and foes,    it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me,    my heart shall not fear;though…

  • My # 1 Thanksgiving Blessing: God’s Love, Shown in Jesus

    Psalm 107:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,     for his steadfast love endures forever! Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day…

  • # 2 of My Top 5 Thanksgiving Blessings: My Family

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast Ephesians 3:14-21  For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded…

  • EXTRA: A Prayer of Thanks You Might Use Tomorrow

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast  Rev. Jerry Kieschnick is the President Emeritus of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. He posted this prayer a few weeks ago and again today. I hope it is edifying to you… Dear Heavenly Father, Creator of the universe; Jesus, Son of God and Savior of the world; Holy Spirit, Comforter and Helper. In…

  • # 3 of My Top 5 Thanksgiving Blessings

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast  Philippians 1:3-11  I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to…

  • # 2 of My Top 5 Thanksgiving Blessings

    David Bahn-Reflections Podcast  Romans 13:1-7 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to…