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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 Challenge – Day 47: Little or Great Faith

    49 Week Challenge – Day 47: Little or Great Faith

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Matthew 14; Leviticus 18; Genesis 40; 1 Chronicles 10. Matthew 14:22-33 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 46: Finding Peace Amidst Division

    49 Week Challenge – Day 46: Finding Peace Amidst Division

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Matthew 10; Micah 7; Jeremiah 50; 1 Samuel 14. Matthew 10:34-42 [Jesus says,] “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 45: Sometimes we carry, our friends. Sometimes they carry us.

    49 Week Challenge – Day 45: Sometimes we carry, our friends. Sometimes they carry us.

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Matthew 9; Hosea 6; Numbers 27; 2 Chronicles 35. Matthew 9:1-13 And getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. 2 And behold, some people brought to him a…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 44: The Touch of Jesus

    49 Week Challenge – Day 44: The Touch of Jesus

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Mark 5: Leviticus 15; Psalm 142. Mark 5:21-43 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 43: Jesus’ Threefold Office

    49 Week Challenge – Day 43: Jesus’ Threefold Office

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Mark 4; Jeremiah 16; Psalm 147; Ezekiel 31. Mark 4:30-41 And Jesus said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like a…

  • Today’s Psalms for June 15, 2025 – Trinity Sunday

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Today Christians around the world celebrate the mystery that God is three distinct persons in one divine essence. Praise to our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Psalm 15 O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent?     Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 39: Faith and Redemption

    49 Week Challenge – Day 39: Faith and Redemption

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Matthew 13; Psalm 78; Isaiah 37; Jeremiah 5. Matthew 13:1-17 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 38: Wisdom that Guides Us to True Life

    49 Week Challenge – Day 38: Wisdom that Guides Us to True Life

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Luke 11; Deuteronomy 26; 2 Chronicles 24; Proverbs 8; Jonah 3. Proverbs 8:1-11, 32-36 Does not wisdom call?     Does not understanding raise her voice? 2 On the heights beside the way,     at the crossroads she…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 37: Lessons from Solomon and Jesus on Forgiveness and Pride

    49 Week Challenge – Day 37: Lessons from Solomon and Jesus on Forgiveness and Pride

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Matthew 12:22-50; 2 Chronicles 9; 1 Kings 10; Jonah 1; 2. Matthew 11:22-32 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 36: Taking the Yoke of Jesus

    49 Week Challenge – Day 36: Taking the Yoke of Jesus

    Click here for an audio version of this podcast I am using the YouVersion 49 Week Bible Challenge for these devotions. Today’s readings are Matthew 11; 1 Chronicles 22; Isaiah 35; Jeremiah 6; Amos 1. Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from…