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

Published: Sat, 07/27/24

Hello, Sometimes, it feels as if our lives are at a standstill. Our prayers seem stagnant, our cries to the Creator seem hollow and distant, our plans…

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

Published: Fri, 07/26/24

Hi When Americans are asked to check a bo indicating their religious affiliation, 28% now check “none.” A new study from Pew Research finds that the…

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

Published: Thu, 07/25/24

Hello, According to new research, over the past 50 years Americans have increasingly emphasized "me" over "we"--or individualism over community.

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

Published: Wed, 07/24/24

Hello, A Department of Water Resources representative stops at a Te as ranch and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect…

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

Published: Tue, 07/23/24

Hello, An army corporal needed to use a pay-phone but didn't have change for a dollar. He saw a lower-ranking private mopping the base's corridor…

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

Published: Mon, 07/22/24

Updated: Wed, 07/24/24

Hello, Robert Cook, President of King's College once related a true story from the early years of his ministry. Evidently at that time, he had been…

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

Published: Sun, 07/21/24

Updated: Thu, 07/25/24

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 July 20th, {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize }}

Published: Sat, 07/20/24

Updated: Wed, 07/24/24

Hello, When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the…

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

Published: Fri, 07/19/24

Hi, In Buddhist Japan, they now have robot priests. Mindar is a robo-priest which has been working at a temple in Kyoto for the last few years,…

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

Published: Thu, 07/18/24

Hello, Billy Graham told this story: An Eskimo fisherman came to town every weekend. He always brought his two dogs with him. One was white and the…