Category: Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

Always Hope

“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” is a soulful Black spiritual song of lament and sorrow. It’s a modern day psalm that inspired this article

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Marriage

Love that Forgives

I love this 1941 wedding picture of Jim’s great-uncle Pete and great-aunt Ruth. They are so young. Little did they know that their love story

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Christmas

Shining in the Darkness

Due to a “once-in-a-generation” blizzard, one of our favorite holiday traditions likely won’t be held today — the Christmas Eve candlelight service. Even though we

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Our Daily Bread

Legacy of Faith

A study that highlighted the significant spiritual impact of mothers and grandmothers in their families became the springboard for this devotional. The full study can

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Christmas

Christmas Light

Our friends Angel and Warren invited us to their house to see their Christmas tree lit with real candles! That beautiful scene (and the delicious

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Books

Walk On

A few years ago, I happened upon a podcast about Ben Malcolmson’s experience as a walk on at the University of Southern California’s football team

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Our Daily Bread

Hallelujah!

Handel’s magnificent Messiah oratorio is beloved around the world. It is powerful not just because of the beauty of his composition but also because it

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Our Daily Bread

Rediscovered

The Gilmore Car Museum, a world-renowned collection of cars, is located among vast stretches of farmland outside Kalamazoo, Mich. I don’t know much about classic

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Art

Crushed and Beautiful

This painting, Consider the Lilies, is part of a collection of stunning art by Makoto Fujimura that inspired today’s devotional. Fujimura employs an ancient style of

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Our Daily Bread

Useless Without Love

Useless Without Love came from the very frustrating experience of trying to assemble a table before realizing I was missing an essential piece. Until I

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Our Daily Bread

No Greater Love

On many U.S. holidays like July 4th, we celebrate freedom while remembering that it often comes at a cost. Today’s devotional reflects on the willingness

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Our Daily Bread

Food From Heaven

Can you think of anything more delicious than chocolate falling from the sky? It actually happened in Switzerland. But the idea of food from heaven

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Our Daily Bread

Gratitude on Earth Day

Whether we live in crowded cities or rural areas, we should care for the place we call home. Today’s devotional reminds us that our responsibility to

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Easter

His Cross of Peace

The painting stopped me in my tracks as I looked into the eyes of Simon of Cyrene, the man pulled from the crowd and forced

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