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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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  • Reinterpreting Sin, Righteousness, Good, and Evil

    Reinterpreting Sin, Righteousness, Good, and Evil

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Galatians 2:15-21 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and…

  • Today’s Psalms for December 1, 2024

    Please pray these Psalms with me today, on this Lord’s Day Psalm 1 Blessed is the man     who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners,     nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD,     and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree     planted by streams…

  • Spying out our freedom

    Spying out our freedom

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Galatians 2:1-14 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make…

  • Thanks be to God!

    Thanks be to God!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Psalm 107:1-3 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,     for his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,     whom he has redeemed from trouble 3 and gathered in from the lands,     from the east and from the west,…

  • Private Consultations and Public Conflagrations: With Embedded Podcast

    Private Consultations and Public Conflagrations: With Embedded Podcast

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post.   Galatians 2:1-14 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to…

  • Audio Link Now Active: Private Consultations and Public Conflagrations

    Audio Link Now Active: Private Consultations and Public Conflagrations

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post.   Galatians 2:1-14 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to…

  • Form, Storm, Norm, Perform

    Form, Storm, Norm, Perform

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Galatians 2:1-14 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make…

  • May the name of the Lord be praised!

    May the name of the Lord be praised!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Galatians 1:16b-24 [Paul tells about after his conversion,] I did not immediately consult with anyone; 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up…

  • Today’s Psalms for November 24, 2024

    Please pray these Psalms with me today, on this Lord’s Day Psalm 24 The earth is the LORD‘s and the fullness thereof,     the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he has founded it upon the seas     and established it upon the rivers. 3 Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD?     And who shall stand in his holy place?…

  • Spiritual Growth through Trials: Paul’s Example

    Spiritual Growth through Trials: Paul’s Example

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Galatians 1:11-17 For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. 12 For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of my…