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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: More than a Blueprint

    Follow the Word: More than a Blueprint

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 40-42, Psalm 91. Ezekiel 40:1-4 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me to the…

  • Follow the Word: Can these bones live?

    Follow the Word: Can these bones live?

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 37-39, Psalm 90. Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface…

  • Follow the Word: The Privilege of Serving

    Follow the Word: The Privilege of Serving

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 34-36, Psalm 89. Ezekiel 34:1-11 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 You eat the fat, you…

  • Follow the Word: A Warning that Saves

    Follow the Word: A Warning that Saves

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 31-33, Psalm 88. Ezekiel 33:1-9 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword…

  • Today’s Psalms for August 30, 2026

    Please pray these Psalms with me on this Lord’s Day  Psalm 30 A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple. I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up    and have not let my foes rejoice over me.2 O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,    and you have healed me.3 O LORD, you have brought up my soul…

  • Follow the Word: We Never Outgrow Grace

    Follow the Word: We Never Outgrow Grace

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 19-21, Psalm 84. Ezekiel 20:39-44 “As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord GOD: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols. 40 “For…

  • Follow the Word: Repentance and Life

    Follow the Word: Repentance and Life

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 16-18, Psalm 83. Ezekiel 18:23-24, 30-32 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? 24 But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations…

  • Follow the Word: People of the Lie—and the Truth that Saves

    Follow the Word: People of the Lie—and the Truth that Saves

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 13-15, Psalm 82. Ezekiel 13:1-9 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the LORD!’ 3 Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own…

  • Follow the Word: A New Heart in a Dark Time

    Follow the Word: A New Heart in a Dark Time

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 10-12, Psalm 81. Ezekiel 11:14-21 And the word of the LORD came to me: 15 “Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for…

  • Follow the Word: Knowing Where to Turn for Mercy

    Follow the Word: Knowing Where to Turn for Mercy

    Listen to today’s devotion Today’s readings: Ezekiel 7-9, Psalm 80. Ezekiel 7:1-9 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge…