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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 100: Love is Extravagant.

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 100: Love is Extravagant.

    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 Matthew 26; Leviticus 5; Job 17; Psalm 27. Matthew 26:6-13 Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 99: Only by Forgiveness and Mercy

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 99: Only by Forgiveness and Mercy

    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 Matthew 25; Job 31; Proverbs 14; Jeremiah 46. Matthew 25:31-40 [Jesus is speaking] “When the Son of Man…

  • Today’s Psalms for August 10, 2025

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Psalm 10:16-18 The Lord is king forever and ever;     the nations perish from his land. 17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;     you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear 18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,     so that man who is of the…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 96: Selah

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 96: Selah

    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 Mark 13; Isaiah 13; Daniel 9; 11. Mark 13:14-23 [Jesus is speaking] “But when you see the abomination…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 95: No Bait and Switch With Jesus!

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 95: No Bait and Switch With Jesus!

    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 Luke 21; 2 Chronicles 15; Isaiah 19; Hosea 9. Luke 21:10-28 Then Jesus said to them, “Nation will rise…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 94: God’s Expectations

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 94: God’s Expectations

    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 Luke 20; Isaiah 5; Jeremiah 21; Ezekiel 19. Isaiah 5:1-7 Let me sing for my beloved     my love…

  • Today’s Psalms for August 3, 2025

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Psalm 3 The Lord is my light and my salvation; O Lord, how many are my foes!     Many are rising against me; 2 many are saying of my soul,     “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah 3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,     my glory, and the lifter of my head.…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 89: The God who Sees

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 89: The God who Sees

    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 Matthew 22; Exodus 3; Psalm 64; 1 Kings 5. Exodus 3:7-12 Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 88: Nard

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 88: Nard

    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 John 12; Deuteronomy 15; 1 Kings 1; Isaiah 39. John 12:1-8 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to…

  • 49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 87: God’s House of Prayer

    49 Week Bible Challenge – Day 87: God’s House of Prayer

    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 Mark 11; Isaiah 56; Jeremiah 7; 2 Chronicles 23; Ezra 3. Mark 11:15-19 And they came to Jerusalem.…