Devotionals
Who Then Is This?
Read: Mark 4:35-41 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” (v. 39 NRSV) It was a terrible storm. The wind was so
Steven Bouma-Prediger August 23, 2025
Read: Mark 4:35-41 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” (v. 39 NRSV) It was a terrible storm. The wind was so
Read: Matthew 3:13-17 And when Jesus had been baptized . . . (v. 16 NRSV) Baptism. As followers of Jesus, we do it in different ways. Some of us dunk;
Read: Amos 5:21-24 Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (v. 24 NRSV) Years ago I paddled some whitewater rivers in the southeast. As part
Read: Ezekiel 47:1-12 Water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east. (v. 1 NRSV) It rained and thundered and lightninged for almost ten hours. The
Read: Psalm 1 They are like trees planted by streams of water. (v. 3 NRSV) I was watering my new trees earlier today. A couple weeks ago I planted two
Read: Deuteronomy 8:1-10 A land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up. (v. 7 NRSV) Some years ago I took a group of college students hiking in
Read: Genesis 2:4-14 A river flows out of Eden to water the garden. (v. 10 NRSV) The Bible begins and ends with rivers and trees. Have you noticed? The Bible
Read: Genesis 1:9-13 And the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. (v. 10 NRSV) We live on what some call “The
Read: 2 Chronicles 34:1-7 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. (v. 2) During his lifetime, Romo Mangun showed a humble spiritual life. An Indonesian