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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 24: Jacob’s Well

    49 Week Challenge – Day 24: Jacob’s Well

    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 John 4; Genesis 33; Joshua 8; 24; Isaiah 12. John 4:1-15 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 23: Bronze Serpents & Jesus’ Exaltation

    49 Week Challenge – Day 23: Bronze Serpents & Jesus’ Exaltation

    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 John 3; Numbers 21; Proverbs 30. In today’s readings, do you notice a promise to trust, a command to obey, a truth to embrace, a warning to heed, or an encouragement to…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 22: Famine and Plenty – God is Over it All

    49 Week Challenge – Day 22: Famine and Plenty – God is Over it All

    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 John 2; Genesis 41; Leviticus 1; Deuteronomy 14. In today’s readings, do you notice a promise to trust, a command to obey, a truth to embrace, a warning to heed, or an…

  • Today’s Psalms for May 25, 2025

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Psalm 25:1-11 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust;     let me not be put to shame;     let not my enemies exult over me. 3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame;     they shall…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 19: From Earlobes, Thumbs, and Toes to the Touch of Jesus

    49 Week Challenge – Day 19: From Earlobes, Thumbs, and Toes to 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 Luke 5; Leviticus 14; Psalm 150; Isaiah 43. In today’s readings, do you notice a promise to trust, a command to obey, a truth to embrace, a warning to heed, or an…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 18: Have you heard?

    49 Week Challenge – Day 18: Have you heard?

    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 4; Deuteronomy 8; Numbers 15; 2 Kings 5. In today’s readings, do you notice a promise to trust, a command to obey, a truth to embrace, a warning to heed, or…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 17: “Would you rather…”

    49 Week Challenge – Day 17: “Would you rather…”

    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 4; Psalm 91; Isaiah 9; 1 Chronicles 21. In today’s readings, do you notice a promise to trust, a command to obey, a truth to embrace, a warning to heed,…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 16: Genealogy – When it matters and when it doesn’t

    49 Week Challenge – Day 16: Genealogy – When it matters and when it doesn’t

    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 3; Genesis 10; 11; 1 Chronicles 1; 2. In today’s readings, do you notice a promise to trust, a command to obey, a truth to embrace, a warning to heed,…

  • 49 Week Challenge – Day 15: The Great Identity Crisis

    49 Week Challenge – Day 15: The Great Identity Crisis

    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 1; Leviticus 13; Isaiah 44; 61. In today’s readings, do you notice a promise to trust, a command to obey, a truth to embrace, a warning to heed, or an…

  • Today’s Psalms for May 18, 2025

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Psalm 18:1-3, 30-33, 46 I love you, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,     my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,     my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,     and I am…