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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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  • No conclusion-jumping here!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:17-33 Peter was very perplexed. What could the vision mean? Just then the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house. Standing outside the gate, 18 they asked if a man named Simon Peter was staying there. 19 Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy…

  • Chaos or Gridlock?

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:17-33 Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood at the gate 18 and called out to ask whether Simon…

  • What does this mean?

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:17-33 Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood at the gate 18 and called out to ask whether Simon…

  • Today’s Psalms for November 12, 2023

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Psalm 12:1-2 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone;    for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;    with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. Psalm 42:1-6 As a deer pants for flowing streams,    so pants my soul for you, O God.2 My…

  • Timing

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:1-16 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw…

  • Partners

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:1-16 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw…

  • Prayer and the Mission of God

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:1-16 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw…

  • Availing Prayer

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:1-16 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw…

  • No Longer Unclean

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 10:1-16 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw…

  • Today’s Psalms for November 5, 2023

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Psalm 5:1-3 5 Give ear to my words, O Lord;    consider my groaning.2 Give attention to the sound of my cry,    my King and my God,    for to you do I pray.3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;    in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. Psalm 35:9-10 9 Then my soul will rejoice…