Author: Lisa Samra

Our Daily Bread

Love Locks

Today’s devotional took place several years ago when I was visiting mission partners in Europe. Reading it again today when my life can feel so unanchored

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Our Daily Bread

Named By God

Today’s devotional is based on the idea that nicknames can be a source of encouragement or a reminder of suffering and failure. What are the

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Art

Betrayed

Today’s devotional comes from the Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, The Last Supper. What fascinates me about this painting depicting the aftermath of Jesus’ announcement

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Books

More Books to Consider

When my Crosswalk editor asked writers for submissions on resources addressing racism and racial reconciliation, I agreed to write the article because I had already

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Our Daily Bread

Found On the Edges

Today’s devotional was written after watching a motorcycle demonstration at CityFest Grand Rapids in September 2019. I hope the truth that God sees you even

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Books

A Grace Disguised

In today’s sermon, God’s Quiet Grace, Jim quoted from Jerry Sittser’s book, A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss, including this section that

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Our Daily Bread

Eclipse

Do you remember all the excitement surrounding the total eclipse that was visible in West Michigan during summer 2017? That unique experience became the basis

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Response to Current Events

A Word for Today – May 1

Today’s video looks at 2 Corinthians 8, where Paul writes about the power of churches giving to support other churches in times of need. We

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Response to Current Events

A Word for Today – April 16

In today’s video, we address different ways of responding to the pandemic.  I spoke about the comfort from Lamentations 3:19-24 when feeling personally overwhelmed by

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Our Daily Bread

Curtained Off

Again today, if you read the Our Daily Bread booklet you would not have seen one of my devotionals; however, if you have the ODB

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Our Daily Bread

The Full Reveal

If you read the Our Daily Bread booklet you would not have seen one of my devotionals; however, if you have the ODB app, it

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Response to Current Events

Paper Plate Congregation

It was such a delight to walk into the sanctuary today and see so many “faces” looking back at us.  Some friends organized a social

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