Tag: Our Daily Bread

My children and I have started a new daily practice. Every night at bedtime, we gather colored pencils and light a candle. Asking God to light our way, we get out our journals and draw or write ans… Source: Pictures of Love | Our Daily Bread https://odb.org/wp-content/themes/odbm-base/assets/download.php?file=https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-29-18.mp3

A boy born with cerebral palsy was unable to speak or communicate. But his mother, Chantal Bryan, never gave up, and when he was ten years old she figured out how to communicate with him through hi… Source: Unlocked | Our Daily Bread https://odb.org/wp-content/themes/odbm-base/assets/download.php?file=https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-27-18.mp3

When I was a boy in the village, something about chickens fascinated me. Whenever I caught one, I held it down for a few moments and then gently released it. Thinking I was still holding it, the ch… Source: Set Free | Our Daily Bread https://odb.org/wp-content/themes/odbm-base/assets/download.php?file=https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-26-18.mp3

For many years, I’ve enjoyed the writings of British author G. K. Chesterton.  His humor and insight often cause me to chuckle and then pause for more serious contemplation. For example,… Source: Saying Grace | Our Daily Bread https://odb.org/wp-content/themes/odbm-base/assets/download.php?file=https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-25-18.mp3

I read about a mom who was surprised to see her daughter muddy from the waist down when she walked in the door after school. Her daughter explained that a friend had slipped and fallen into a mud p… Source: A Friend’s Comfort | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-24-18.mp3

I’d been out late the night before, just as I was every Saturday night. Just twenty years old, I was running from God as fast as I could. But suddenly, strangely, I felt compelled to attend t… Source: Belonging | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-23-18.mp3

I’ll never forget the time I had the privilege of sitting next to Billy Graham at a dinner. I was honored but also somewhat nervous about what would be appropriate to say. I thought it would … Source: Fellowship with Jesus | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-22-18.mp3

“Westerners have watches. Africans have time.” So said Os Guinness, quoting an African proverb in his book Impossible People. That caused me to ponder the times I have responded to a re… Source: Telling Time | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-21-18.mp3

When I met Ada, she had outlived her entire group of friends and family and was living in a nursing home. “It’s the hardest part of getting old,” she told me “watching every… Source: Every Moment Matters | Our Daily Bread

I’ve been quick to judge anyone I saw walking in the street while staring at a phone. How could they be so oblivious to the cars about to hit them? I’ve told myself. Don’t they ca… Source: Impaired Judgment | Our Daily Bread https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2018/06/odb-06-19-18.mp3