Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 27th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sun, 10/27/24

Hello, Marathon runners often reach the point where they wonder whether they can keep going. They hit the wall. They doubt they can finish the race.

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 26th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sat, 10/26/24

Hello, I'm not sure if this story is a parable or not, but I really like its lesson: There was an elderly man who had to leave home after 70 years. He…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 25th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Fri, 10/25/24

Hello, Listen to the words of George Foreman the world famous bo er: "The truth is, my relationship with God is the reason I have such a positive…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 24th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Thu, 10/24/24

Hello, Writing in LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE, Bernabe Spivey relates this incident: "Going down some old cement steps, I noticed an ant carrying a leaf on…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 23rd, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Wed, 10/23/24

Hello, Let me share this prayer that I recently stumbled onto. "Dear God, So far today, I've done all right. I haven't gossiped, and I haven't lost my…

Your Open Word e-Devotional for October 22nd, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Tue, 10/22/24

Hello, Let me share a beautiful quote with you today. "Longfellow could take a worthless piece of paper, write a poem on it, and instantly make it…

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…