Today, we honor and recognize the men and women who carry a badge or shield and don the uniform of a law enforcement agency.  This is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Statistics tell us that as of November 2024, there were 1.28 million police officers in the United States, serving in 17,985 agencies.  Of the… Read More »

After the last three devotionals, I need something a bit more uplifting, how about you?  Well, today’s National Day Calendar celebration is just the medicine the doctor ordered.  This is National JoyGerm Day.  What, you ask, is a joygerm?  Let’s find out together. “On January 8, 1981, Joan E. White of Syracuse, New York, was… Read More »

Can you handle one more devotional that is sports related?  I hope so.  This time, let’s start with TTUN (that team up north). “Michigan football fired coach Sherrone Moore for cause on Wednesday, Dec. 10, the school announced.  Following a University investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff… Read More »

Yesterday, I told you that the opening devotionals for this week were going to be sports related.  It’s not that I’m some football junkie.  It’s just that these stories have triggered some important lessons that we need to learn and apply. Return with me to that Big Ten Championship game where Ohio State loses to… Read More »

As I write these devotionals in the middle of December, there have been a couple of events in the news that have triggered some thoughts and Biblical insights that I’d like to share at the beginning of the week.  Both come from the world of sports.  For those of you who either detest sports or… Read More »

Louis was born on this day in 1809 in Coupvray, France.  At the age of three, he was playing in his dad’s harness shop when a tragic accident happened.  “A tool slipped and plunged into his right eye. Sympathetic ophthalmia and total blindness followed.”1  Our hearts break over such an event happening to a young… Read More »

I’m writing this devotional on December 11, 2025, so I don’t know what our weather is going to be on this first Saturday of a new year.  But I think it is safe to say and I’m repeating what I’ve heard many people say – we’ve had enough snow for this winter!  It has definitely… Read More »

What I share today is heartbreaking and disappointing.  I do not share this with any sense of being judgmental.  I just believe that the warning is necessary because of the popularity of this person.  And I share this because I want us to be sure that we understand what the Bible says on the topic… Read More »

I’m sure that you can guess what today’s devotional is going to be about.  After all, it is the first day of a brand-new year.  And today’s devotional is a good follow-up to yesterday’s. Should the Lord tarry and should we live to see 2026, we will all have the exact same amount of time: … Read More »

At precisely 11:59:59, it will be your final opportunity to take in a breath of 2025.  The moment will be gone before you know it.  Take a second and reflect, allowing 2025 to flash across the screen of your mind as the images play in rapid succession.  Can we echo the words of the Psalmist… Read More »