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Devan Arntson
Apr 27, 20223 min read
Easter Sunday - A Lent Devotion
Happy Easter. Christ is Risen! Over Holy Week, we saw Jesus riding into Jerusalem. We see Him flip tables and challenge the authority. We...
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Devan Arntson
Apr 27, 20223 min read
Holy Monday - A Lent Devotion
A few weeks ago, we celebrated Palm Sunday, where Jesus rides into Jerusalem and we celebrate in anticipation for Easter. Now, this...
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Devan Arntson
Apr 27, 20223 min read
Maundy Thursday - A Lent Devotion
This past Maundy Thursday, our 8th grade confirmands celebrated their first communion. And what a gift that is to them to be able to...
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Devan Arntson
Apr 12, 20221 min read
Down to Earth
A 6-week lent devotional series on how God reaches us through earthly elements.
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Devan Arntson
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Joy and Suffering - A Lent Devotion
A few weeks ago, in our staff meeting we were talking about giving up things for lent, what each of us were giving up, and how we were...
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Devan Arntson
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Words - A Lent devotion
As a writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about words, which words to use and when to use them. In books, colorful imagery turns a dull...
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Devan Arntson
Dec 14, 20214 min read
Lessons from Art Class
If you're an artist, you may get this more than most, but drawing takes a lot of steps. First, there's an image in mind that the artist...
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Devan Arntson
Nov 15, 20212 min read
Come all ye Faithful
"'Return to me,' declares the Lord Almighty..." Zechariah 1:3 "I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning...
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Devan Arntson
Oct 11, 20215 min read
"I was watching the collection plate"
I heard that from at least three different people on a Sunday after church. "I was keeping an eye on the collection plate for you." See,...
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Devan Arntson
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Men of Action - Sports Devotion
One of the things I miss most from High School is sports. Getting to be aggressive and grinding at practice, working toward the next...
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Devan Arntson
Apr 15, 20211 min read
God is Wild
He appears as smoke and fire He calls from a hurricane His angels appeared from lighting He created untamed animals And rugged terrain...
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Devan Arntson
Apr 15, 20211 min read
Joseph's Magnificat
Through my Davidic, adulterated line, God’s promise was made flesh with time A son of David, but not born of mine. Begotten by his Father...
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Devan Arntson
Mar 29, 20212 min read
The Last
He took the bread, and he broke it Showed us how he would be broken Unleavened, unstained bread scored for the occasion Like whips. There...
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Devan Arntson
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Mountain Roads
My old pastor, God rest him, seemed to like this analogy of a mountain road to describe life. He did a lot of work in the national parks...
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Devan Arntson
Jan 26, 20219 min read
The Changing Tide
The world tells you to be true to yourself, but Jesus says, “be true to me.”
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Devan Arntson
Sep 2, 20203 min read
Seeking God in Ungodly Times
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord. ~ Proverbs 17:15 I don't start...
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Devan Arntson
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Our Great Cloud
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely,...
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Devan Arntson
Jun 2, 20203 min read
Love Amidst Dark Times
"We must never respond to hate with hate... God saw the world in its broken condition and sent his Son, not only to save us, but to show...
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Devan Arntson
Apr 26, 20202 min read
Jeremiah and the Christian Life
But the Lord said to me, "Do not say that, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you,...
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Devan Arntson
Apr 16, 20203 min read
The Lions
"O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?" ~ Daniel 6:20...
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