Your Open Word e-Devotional for July 4th,
Published: Sun, 07/04/21
Hello, In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting…
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Your Open Word e-Devotional for July 3rd,
Published: Sat, 07/03/21
Hello, In his book of sermons The Living Faith, Lloyd C. Douglas tells the story of Thomas Hearne, who, "in his journey to the mouth of the Coppermine…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for July 2nd,
Published: Fri, 07/02/21
Hello, "Forgiveness does not change the past; but it does enlarge the future." Mary Karen Read “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for July 1st,
Published: Thu, 07/01/21
Hello, "Accountability to me is unnatural. My tendency is to only let you know enough about me to give you a good impression. I am a recovering…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for June 30th,
Published: Wed, 06/30/21
Hello, Whew...a "yawn" picture two days in a row? What am I thinking? Let me share this intriguing story with you, about how a yawn got a man thrown…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for June 29th,
Published: Tue, 06/29/21
Hello, "Everywhere the perpetual endeavour of the enemy of souls is discouragement. If he can get the soul "under the weather," he wins. It is not…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for June 28th,
Published: Mon, 06/28/21
Hello, What destroys perspective is our penchant to measure ministry on too small a scale. We lose the wide-angle view because we're riveted on the…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for June 27th,
Published: Sun, 06/27/21
Hello, On May 24, 1965, a thirteen-and-a-half-foot boat quietly slipped out of the marina at Falmouth, Massachusetts. Its destination? England. It…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for June 26th,
Published: Sat, 06/26/21
Hello, "Strangely, the e pounders of many of the great new ideas of history were frequently considered on the lunatic fringe for some or all of their…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for June 25th,
Published: Fri, 06/25/21
Hello, The true function of a preacher is to disturb the comfortable and to comfort the disturbed. Chad Walsh In my ministry over the years, I have…