Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 21st, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Mon, 10/21/24

Updated: Thu, 10/24/24

Hello, A New England high school teacher taught a course entitled The Bible as Literature. Only seniors in the top 10 percent of the class could take…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 20th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sun, 10/20/24

Hello, George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here's what he found about their…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 19th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sat, 10/19/24

Updated: Sat, 10/19/24

Hello, John Stafford tells about an old well that stood outside the front door of their family farm house in New Hampshire. The water from the well…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 18th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Fri, 10/18/24

Updated: Fri, 10/18/24

Hello, In 2009, Marilyn Sewell, the retired minister of the First Unitarian Church of Portland Oregon, interviewed Christopher Hitchens, one of the…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 17th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Thu, 10/17/24

Updated: Thu, 10/17/24

Hello, I wrote the followinf devotional a number of years ago, but the principles still apply, I believe: Bright, affable Jay’Veontae Hudson isn’t the…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 16th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Wed, 10/16/24

Updated: Wed, 10/16/24

Hello, A few years ago an aggressive Google Maps driving direction led to dozens of drivers getting stuck in mud on the way to Denver International…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 15th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Tue, 10/15/24

Updated: Tue, 10/15/24

Hello, So many things in our world seem to have gone crazy. If it wasn't for the hope we have in the second coming of Jesus Christ, it would certainly…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 14th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Mon, 10/14/24

Updated: Mon, 10/14/24

Hello, I heard the following story a number of years ago. I don't know if it's an actually story from history, or a parable, but it had an impact on…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 13th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sun, 10/13/24

Updated: Sun, 10/13/24

Hello, Yesterday, I sent you to a song link to a musical selection that has inspired me a number of times. I want to send you to another one that has…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 12th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sat, 10/12/24

Updated: Sat, 10/12/24

Hello, Have you ever had a day when you wonder if anybody is even listening to you; when it seems that no matter what you do, what you say, or how…