The Open Word e-Devotional
Published: Sat, 06/28/25
Updated: Sat, 06/28/25
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…
Published: Fri, 06/27/25
Updated: Fri, 06/27/25
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…
Published: Thu, 06/26/25
Updated: Thu, 06/26/25
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…
Published: Wed, 06/25/25
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…
Published: Tue, 06/24/25
Hello, Are you resting in your relationship with God, today? If you have a special prayer request that I could lift up on your behalf, please shoot me…
Published: Mon, 06/23/25
Hello, "The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none." - Thomas Carlyle When I choose to turn my eyes away from the faults that I…
Published: Sun, 06/22/25
Hello, There was a young boy who had full run of the Whitehouse at one time. He went where he pleased, and even played under the commander-in-chief's…
Published: Sat, 06/21/25
Hello, "God's wonderful works which happen daily are lightly esteemed, not because they are of no import but because they happen so constantly and…
Published: Fri, 06/20/25
Hello, Before he deployed to Afghanistan, Army Staff Sgt. Philip Gray sat down and wrote 270 messages for his 7-year-old daughter—one for each day he…
Published: Thu, 06/19/25
Hello, Bruce Goodrich was being initiated into the cadet corps at Te as A & M University. One night, Bruce was forced to run until he dropped -- but…