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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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  • Holy Week: Saturday

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Matthew 27:62-66 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until…

  • Holy Week: Friday

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Jesus’ Seven Words From the Cross “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34) “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43) “Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your mother” (John 19:26-27) “My God,…

  • Holy Week: Thursday

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. John 13:1-17; 15:12; 16:33 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into…

  • Holy Week: Wednesday

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. John 12:36b-42 When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who…

  • Holy Week: Monday

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Mark 11:12-14 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for…

  • Holy Week: Tuesday

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Mark 11:20-33 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. 21 And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” 22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says…

  • Today’s Psalms for March 24, 2024

    Please pray these psalms with me on this Lord’s Day Psalm 24:1-5 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?4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,    who…

  • The Missionary Way

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 16:27-40 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all…

  • Not so fast!

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 16:27-40 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all…

  • Wondering About Another

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 16:27-40 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all…