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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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  • When will we ever learn? [Minor Edit]

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 30-43 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the…

  • When will we ever learn?

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 30-43 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the…

  • Does cred mean anything to you?

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 30-43 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the…

  • What is your idea of God?

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 30-43 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the…

  • I guess it shouldn’t surprise me

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 30-43 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the…

  • Who Someone Is Really Matters (Re-Post)

    I had a glitch with this post so I’m reposting it. Nothing new here, just a repost of today’s blog.   Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 30-43 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in…

  • Today’s Psalms for September 10, 2023

    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 ear18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,    so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. [Note: This…

  • Same Old Same Old…

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 17-29 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: 17 “But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king who did…

  • Adoption

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 17-29 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: 17 “But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king who did…

  • When Bad Things Happen

    Click here for an audio version of this blog post. Acts 7:1, 17-29 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: 17 “But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king who did…