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

Published: Wed, 01/22/25

Updated: Wed, 01/22/25

Hello, About 350 years ago a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of America. The first year they established a town site. The ne t…

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

Published: Tue, 01/21/25

Updated: Tue, 01/21/25

Hello, It's always interesting listening to some folks who are trying to make sense of Christian virtues. For e ample, The Journal of Positive…

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

Published: Mon, 01/20/25

Updated: Mon, 01/20/25

Hello, Here's a devotional that I wrote while I was still in active ministry as the Pastor of a congregation. I find that the principle still applies.

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

Published: Sun, 01/19/25

Updated: Sun, 01/19/25

Hello, Speaking to a large audience, D.L. Moody held up a glass and asked, "How can I get the air out of this glass?" One man shouted, "Suck it out…

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

Published: Sat, 01/18/25

Updated: Sat, 01/18/25

Hello, Moody was to have a campaign in England. An elderly pastor protested, "Why do we need this 'Mr. Moody'? He's uneducated, ine perienced, etc.

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

Published: Fri, 01/17/25

Hello, This story was shared a few years ago, but it's still relevant for today: God comforts in many ways, and James and Jill Kilibarda of Minnesota…

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

Published: Thu, 01/16/25

Hello, Warren Bailey died July 14, 2000, at age 88. He had no family. And he wasn't much of a church-going man. To the best of anybody's recollection…

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

Published: Wed, 01/15/25

Hello, William H. Hinson tells us why animal trainers carry a stool when they go into a cage of lions. They have their whips, of course, and their…

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

Published: Tue, 01/14/25

Hello, The sound of the gavel opening the Republican National Convention on July 31, 2000 was not really the sound of the gavel. When doing sound…

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

Published: Mon, 01/13/25

Hello, Henri Nouwen once said in a Leadership journal interview: "I cannot continuously say no to this or no to that, unless there is something ten…