Author: Lisa Samra

Our Daily Bread

Love of Freedom

I’m honored that the Our Daily Bread devotional that appears on Juneteenth 2025 is one I wrote about a remarkable woman named Phyllis Wheatley. Enslaved

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Our Daily Bread

Language of Love

One of the groups that I’m grateful that the Lord has connected me with as a key partner in international church planting is Europe Collaboration.

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Art

As One

I’ve loved the painting, That They May All Be One, from the first time I saw it hanging in Wolfson College more than 20 years

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Uncategorized

God’s Great Power

Today’s devotional took place at Calvary Church (I had to edit out the reference). I love the idea of the church as a staging center

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God Hears Her

Never Been This Way Before

On the journey of motherhood that often feels like navigating new and uncertain paths, I’ve found encouragement in the Old Testament account of the Israelites

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Lent

I Am Thirsty

For two years, our son has been part of a Filter of Hope team to provide water filters to families in rural communities to ensure

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Prayer

When God Speaks

I’m still learning to listen to God’s voice and imagine that I will always feel like a beginner in prayer (since Thomas Merton felt the

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Art

Let My People Go

The beauty of art is that it can move us to consider even a familiar story in a new way. The painting, Let My People

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Christmas

Welcome Baby Jesus!

For weeks and months, your family (especially if you have little ones) have been anticipating Christmas morning. On the very first Christmas morning the wait

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Christmas

Entering Into the Christmas Story

Whether you love decorating for the holidays or prefer admiring others’ creativity, all the beautiful Christmas displays can be an invitation to consider that Christmas

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Our Daily Bread

The Spirit of Christmas

At our church’s annual party for new international families to our community, I heard a beautiful Middle Eastern Christmas carol, Laylat Al-Milad, that offered a

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Our Daily Bread

Pardoned by God

Happy Thanksgiving! One of the more unusual Thanksgiving traditions (other than marshmallows on sweet potatoes – yum!) is the annual pardoning of one or two

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Our Daily Bread

Courage from the Shepherd

Psalm 23 is a beloved psalm because it gives us needed encouragement every time we read it. Today’s devotional about a game-winning field goal kick

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