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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 131: Holy Ground

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 131: Holy Ground

    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 Acts 7:30-43; Amos 5; Exodus 11; Leviticus 27. Acts 7:30-34 [Stephen is speaking] “Now when forty years had…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 130: Remembering

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 130: Remembering

    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 Acts 7:17-29; Exodus 1; 2; 1 kings 4. Acts 7:17-29 [Stephen is speaking] “But as the time of…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 129: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 129: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

    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 Acts 7:9-16; Genesis 39; 42; 47. Genesis 39 (selected verses) [Note: The following is a summarized account of…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 128: The Pathway of Blessing

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 128: The Pathway of Blessing

    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 Acts 7:1-8; Genesis 12; 29; 30. Genesis 12:1-9 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 127: Foreigners and Faith

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 127: Foreigners and Faith

    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 Acts 6; Exodus 18; Numbers 8; Nehemiah 13. Nehemiah 13:1-9 On that day they read from the Book of…

  • Today’s Psalm for September 7, 2025

    Please pray these Psalms with me on this Lord’s Day  Psalm 7:1-2, 17 O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge;     save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, 2 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,     rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. 17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 124: No Other Name

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 124: No Other Name

    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 Acts 4; Psalm 2; 2 Samuel 2; Job 32; Zechariah 10. Acts 4:5-12 On the next day their…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 123: When the Blessings of God Come Full Circle

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 123: When the Blessings of God Come Full Circle

    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 Acts 3; Genesis 26; Deuteronomy 18; 2 Kings 13. Acts 3:1-8 Now Peter and John were going up to…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 122: The Great Chasm and the Fullness of God’s Grace

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 122: The Great Chasm and the Fullness of God’s Grace

    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 Acts 2; Joel 2; Psalm 16; 1 Kings 2. Acts 2:36-41 Let all the house of Israel therefore…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 121: My Favorite Question

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 121: My Favorite Question

    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 Acts 1; Psalm 69; 109; Micah 1. Acts 1:6-11 So when they had come together, they asked him,…