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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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  • What might it look like?

    [Jesus said to the lawyer] “Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37 [The Lawyer] said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” Seth Gehrke led our staff devotions today and invited us to…

  • I can’t even imagine!

    God reveals deep and hidden things. Daniel 2:22 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Romans 11:33 “We know precious little about God, but the little we know is precious.” This quote by Dr. Dale Meyer is actually his quote…

  • Today’s Psalms

    Here are five passages from the book of Psalms in the Bible. I pray that God’s word encourages you in your walk of faith, and that you will express that faith in worship of God and a life of faithful service for the sake of His reign and rule. Psalm 12:6-7 The words of the Lord are…

  • To Whom Be the Glory?

    It is God who arms me with strength. Psalm 18:32 NIV When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God. I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when you perceive all the good that we may do for Christ. Philemon 4,6 We were standing in line for dinner…

  • Worth Holding On To

    Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. Psalm 33:22 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 When our youngest son was born he was very small: 3# 12 ½ oz. He had to be in…

  • I’m not a fighter, but maybe I should be.

    For I,” says the Lord, “will be a wall of fire all around Jerusalem.” Zechariah 2:5 NKJV If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:31 I’m not a fighter. When I was a young boy I got in trouble for hitting my sister in the stomach – even though she had bitten me and…

  • God Knows

    Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God?” Isaiah 40:27 God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his.” 2 Timothy 2:19 Pastor Jeff Doria asked a good question yesterday at St. John. In the…

  • The Christmas of the Gentiles

    Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling…

  • Think about it!

    When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. 17 After seeing him, the shepherds told…

  • No Room for a Bed

    At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. 2 (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. 4 And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in…