Almighty God, You have given us this good land as our heritage. Grant that we remember Your generosity and constantly do Your will. Bless our land with honest industry, truthful education, and an honorable way of life. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil course of action. […]
“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Gal. 3:27). As part of his chapel message, a Lutheran high school teacher asked students, “What was the best day in the history of the world?” He then led them to consider and believe that the answer would be “the first […]
I wrote this devotion many years ago. “The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come” (Song 2:12). Late on a Sunday afternoon I arrived at the nursing home to visit Eileen. I am documenting what happened on that visit because it’s going to be hard to beat. First I stopped to say […]