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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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  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 191 – When Love Has a Name

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 191 – When Love Has a Name

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. I’m using the 49 Week Bible Challenge for these blog posts. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 13; Job 13; 19; 26; 36. 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 Many couples choose 1 Corinthians 13, the “Love Chapter,” for their…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 190 – Life in the Body of Christ

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 190 – Life in the Body of Christ

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. I’m using the 49 Week Bible Challenge for these blog posts. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 12; Psalm 115; Judges 17; 18. 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 I am not a details person. Too many details? My brain…

  • Today’s Psalms for November 9, 2025

    Please pray these Psalms with me on this Lord’s Day  Psalm 9 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;     I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and exult in you;     I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies turn back,     they stumble and perish before your presence.…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 187 – When God provides a way out…take it!

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 187 – When God provides a way out…take it!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. I’m using the 49 Week Bible Challenge for these blog posts. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Exodus 17;32; Numbers 20; 25. 1 Corinthians 10:11-13 I can resist everything but temptation. This quote by Oscar Wilde…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 186 – Paul’s Gospel Approach and Modern Church Challenges

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 186 – Paul’s Gospel Approach and Modern Church Challenges

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. I’m using the 49 Week Bible Challenge for these blog posts. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 9; Deuteronomy 20; 25; 1 Samuel 27;  Proverbs 12. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 For though I am free from all, I have made…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 185 – Will we learn from others’ mistakes?

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 185 – Will we learn from others’ mistakes?

    Click here for an audio version of this devotion. I am using readings from the 49 Week Bible Challenge as the basis for these devotions. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 8; 2 Chronicles 28; Jeremiah 44; Ezekiel 30. Jeremiah 44:1-10 The word that came to Jeremiah…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 184 – Listening Between Command and Counsel

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 184 – Listening Between Command and Counsel

    Click here for an audio version of this devotion. I am using readings from the 49 Week Bible Challenge as the basis for these devotions. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 7; Song of Solomon 5; 6; Numbers 36;  Malachi 2. 1 Corinthians 7:6-7 Now as a…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 183 – What’s the Big Deal About Marriage?

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 183 – What’s the Big Deal About Marriage?

    Click here for an audio version of this devotion. I am using readings from the 49 Week Bible Challenge as the basis for these devotions. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 6; Genesis 2; Ezekiel 23; Psalm 74. 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 Do you not know that your bodies…

  • Today’s Psalms for November 2, 2025

    Please pray these Psalms with me on this Lord’s Day  Psalm 2 Why do the nations rage     and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves,     and the rulers take counsel together,     against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart     and cast away their cords from us.” 4 He who sits…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge Day 180 – A Pastor’s Stewardship

    49 Week Bible Challenge Day 180 – A Pastor’s Stewardship

    Click here for an audio version of this devotion. I am using readings from the 49 Week Bible Challenge as the basis for these devotions. I encourage you to join me in this discipline. Today’s readings are 1 Corinthians 4; Psalm 90; Job 12; Job 24. 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 This is how one should regard…