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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...
Devan Arntson
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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Down to Earth
A 6-week lent devotional series on how God reaches us through earthly elements.
Devan Arntson
Apr 12, 20221 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Mar 22, 20222 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Mar 17, 20222 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Dec 14, 20214 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Nov 15, 20212 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Jul 7, 20212 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Jan 26, 20214 min read
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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,...
Devan Arntson
Jun 29, 20202 min read
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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,...
Devan Arntson
Apr 26, 20202 min read
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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...
Devan Arntson
Apr 16, 20203 min read
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The Lord is There
The book of Ezekiel is probably my favorites in the Bible. The colorful imagery pairs with the powerful message given during one of...
Devan Arntson
Apr 15, 20202 min read
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Imprisonment for Christ
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known...
Devan Arntson
Mar 27, 20202 min read
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I am the Resurrection and the Life.
And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” ~ Ezekiel 37:3 In our Gospel story for...
Devan Arntson
Mar 26, 20203 min read
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The God of the Lake
But Moses said to the Lord, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow...
Devan Arntson
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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Jonah's Prayer
I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast...
Devan Arntson
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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The Church in a Distant World
As many of us are battening down for quarantine and avoiding contact with other people, we are left to wonder how to continue the mission...
Devan Arntson
Mar 23, 20203 min read
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Devan Arntson
Mar 20, 20201 min read
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