All Episodes
LCMS Northern Illinois District — 354 episodes
Weekly Devotion: July 27, 2026 God’s Strength and Tender Mercy
Weekly Devotion: July 20, 2026 "Children and Heirs"
Weekly Devotion: July 13, 2026 "Our Feelings Change - God’s Promises Don't"
Weekly Devotion: July 6, 2026 "Better Already"
Weekly Devotion: June 29, 2026 "Chocolate Milk and Anger"
Weekly Devotion: June 22, 2026 "Follow Me"
Weekly Devotion: June 15, 2026 "Jesus Came for Sinners"
Weekly Devotion: June 8, 2026 "Spiritual Rhythms"
Weekly Devotion: June 1, 2026 "Living Stones"
Weekly Devotion: May 25, 2026 "You Know the Way"
Weekly Devotion: May 18, 2026 "Hope Beyond Headlines"
Weekly Devotion: May 11, 2026 "How Can We Know the Way?"
Weekly Devotion: May 4, 2026 "Full Armor of God"
Weekly Devotion: April 27, 2026 "To Be Determined?"
Weekly Devotion: April 20, 2026 "Our Works Flow from Faith"
Weekly Devotion: April 13, 2026 "Say the Word"
Weekly Devotion: April 6, 2026 "Take Jesus at His Word"
Weekly Devotion: March 30, 2026 "A Gate and a Door"
Weekly Devotion: March 23, 2026 "Free Credit"
Weekly Devotion: March 16, 2026 "Kindness in Ordinary Places"
Weekly Devotion: March 9, 2026 "You Can Be Still"
Weekly Devotion: March 2, 2026 "Thumpy"
Weekly Devotion: February 23, 2026 "Guilt and Forgiveness"
Weekly Devotion: February 16, 2026 "Defeat Spiritual Trials"
Weekly Devotion: February 9, 2026 "Are You Ready?"
Weekly Devotion: February 2, 2026 "I Love You, O Lord, My Strength"
Weekly Devotion: January 26, 2026 "God Hears Us, No Matter What"
Weekly Devotion: January 19, 2026 "Weak Hands, Feeble Knees"
Weekly Devotion: January 11, 2026 "Jesus Does It All For Us"
Weekly Devotion: January 5, 2026 "Epiphany Wisdom"
Weekly Devotion: December 29, 2025 "Blessed New Year"
Weekly Devotion: December 22, 2025 "Almighty God"
Weekly Devotion: December 15, 2025 "Living as a Sacrifice"
Weekly Devotion: December 8, 2025 "What do you see?"
Weekly Devotion: December 1, 2025 "The Advent of our God"
Weekly Devotion: November 24, 2025 "Give Thanks"
Weekly Devotion: November 17, 2023 "Heros"
Weekly Devotion: November 10, 2025 "See"
Weekly Devotion: October 27, 2025 "That You May Believe"
Weekly Devotion: November 3, 2025 "Honest Prayer"
Weekly Devotion: October 20, 2025 "Trouble and Peace"
Weekly Devotion: October 13, 2025 "Humility"
Weekly Devotion: October 6, 2025 "Your Number One Job: Prayer:
Weekly Devotion: September 29, 2025 "The Heavens Declare the Glory of God"
Weekly Devotion: September 22, 2025 "Seeing Clearly"
Weekly Devotion: September 15, 2025 "Fire-Breathing Lions"
Weekly Devotion: September 8, 2025 "Good with God"
Weekly Devotion: September 1, 2025 "Humble Yourself"
Weekly Devotion: August 25, 2025 "Rise Above"
Weekly Devotion: August 18, 2025 "What, Me Worry?"
Weekly Devotion: August 11, 2025 "Set Your Minds"
Weekly Devotion: July 28, 2025 "A Sunday Kind of Love"
Weekly Devotion: July 21, 2025 "Joy"
Weekly Devotion: July 14, 2025 "Don't Grow Weary"
Weekly Devotion: July 7, 2025 "No One Stands Against God"
Weekly Devotion: June 30, 2025 "Live by the Spirit"
Weekly Devotion: June 24, 2025 "Carrying Jesus"
Weekly Devotion: June 16, 2025 "Perfect Vision"
Weekly Devotion: June 9, 2025 "Seasons of Life"
Weekly Devotion: June 2, 2025 "The Lord is Your Shepherd"
Weekly Devotion: April 28, 2025 "I Despise Myself and Repent"
Weekly Devotion: April 21, 2025 "Jesus Goes Before Us"
Weekly Devotion: April 14, 2025 "Everlasting"
Weekly Devotion: April 7, 2025 "I Surrender!"
Weekly Devotion: March 31, 2025 "Real Spirituality Lives in the Church"
Weekly Devotion: March 24, 2025 "Who Are You"
Weekly Devotion: March 17, 2025 "The Way Out"
Weekly Devotion: March 10, 2025 "Humbled"
Weekly Devotion: March 3, 2025 "Listen"
Weekly Devotion: February 24, 2025 "Where Does Jesus Abide?"
Weekly Devotion: February 17, 2025 "Secure Love"
Weekly Devotion: February 10, 2025 "Purpose in Hard Work"
Weekly Devotion: February 3, 2025 "Express Your Feelings to God"
Weekly Devotion: January 27, 2025 "Ministry Prayers"
Weekly Devotion: January 20, 2025 "Justice and Mercy"
Weekly Devotion: January 13, 2025 "Lost in the Dark"
Weekly Devotion: January 6, 2025 "Epiphany: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Weekly Devotion: December 30, 2024 "Rejoice in the Lord"
Weekly Devotion: December 23, 2024 "Simple Christmas"
Weekly Devotion: December 15, 2024 "A Salty Christmas"
Weekly Devotion: December 9, 2024 "Joseph’s First Christmas"
Weekly Devotion: December 2, 2024 "The Advent of our God"
Weekly Devotion: November 25, 2024 "Where is your treasure?"
Weekly Devotion: November 18, 2024 "Garments of Salvation"
Weekly Devotion: November 11, 2024 "Remain in the Word"
Weekly Devotion: November 4, 2024 "Don't Trust in Yourself"
Weekly Devotion - October 28, 2024 "Rest in Peace"
Weekly Devotion: October 21, 2024 "God's Promises are Sure"
Weekly Devotion: September 30, 2024 "Being a Good Neighbor"
Weekly Devotion: October 14, 2024 "Kindness"
Weekly Devotion: October 7, 2024 "Back to Basics"
Weekly Devotion: September 23, 2024 "Complete Joy"
Weekly Devotion: September 16, 2024 "Choices"
Weekly Devotion: September 9, 2024 "What's Wrong with the World?"
Weekly Devotion: September 2, 2024 "The Law of Average"
Weekly Devotion: August 26, 2024 "The Power of Prayer:
Weekly Devotion: August 19, 2024 "Daily Bread"
Weekly Devotion: August 12, 2024 "Mysteries Revealed"
Weekly Devotion: August 5, 2024 "What, Me Worry?"
Weekly Devotion: July 20, 2024 "Confronting Chaos"
Weekly Devotion: July 22, 2024 "Herod's Rules, Jesus' Reign"
Weekly Devotion: July 15, 2024 "The Knowledge of Good and Evil"
Weekly Devotion: July 8, 2024 "Jesus Set His Face"
Weekly Devotion: July 1, 2024 "Calm in the Storm"
Weekly Devotion: June 24, 2024 "God's Foolishness"
Weekly Devotion: June 17, 2024 "The Seeds of Faith"
Weekly Devotion: June 10, 2024 "Change"
Weekly Devotion: June 3, 2023 "He First Loved Us"
Weekly Devotion: May 27, 2024 "Physical Reminders of God’s Promises"
Weekly Devotion: May 20, 2024 "Faith and Worry"
Weekly Devotion: May 13, 2024 "God Is Your Friend"
Weekly Devotion: May 6, 2024 "Traumas of the World"
Weekly Devotion: April 29, 2024 "Is That in the Bible?"
Weekly Devotion: April 22, 2024 "On the Road to Emmaus"
Weekly Devotion: April 15, 2024 "Fix It, Daddy"
Weekly Devotion: April 8, 2024 "Fear or Faith?"
Weekly Devotion: April 1, 2024 "Christ is Still With You"
Weekly Devotion: March 25, 2024 "A Gate and a Door"
Weekly Devotion: March 18, 2024 "You Are God's Workmanship"
Weekly Devotion: March 11, 2024 "What did you say?"
Weekly Devotion: March 4, 2024 "The Attitude of Christ"
Weekly Devotion: February 26, 2024 "Holy Spirit, Who?"
Weekly Devotion: February 19, 2023 "Jesus Loves You"
Weekly Devotion: February 12, 2024 "Ashes to Ashes, Be My Valentine"
Weekly Devotion: February 5, 2024 "Morning Prayer"
Weekly Devotion: January 29, 2024 "Christ and the Cosmos"
Weekly Devotion: January 22, 2024 "God Has Chosen You!"
Weekly Devotion: January 15, 224 "What's in a Name?"
Weekly Devotion: January 8, 2024 "Relationship with God"
Weekly Devotion: January 1, 2024 "Happy New Year"
Weekly Devotion: December 25, 2023 "God is With Us"
Weekly Devotion: December 18, 2023 "Anticipation and Joy"
Weekly Devotion: December 11, 2023 "The Season of Advent"
Weekly Devotion: December 4, 2023 "The Rhythm of Daily Bread"
Weekly Devotion: November 27, 2024 "Blessing the Poor in Spirit"
Weekly Devotion: November 20, 2023 "Thanksgiving"
Weekly Devotion: November 13, 2023 "When Prayer Doesn’t Seem to Work"
Weekly Devotion: November 6, 2023 "Legacy of Faith"
Weekly Devotion: October 30, 2023 "The Sweetest Statement in the Bible"
Weekly Devotion: October 23, 2023 "Reverberations of Transformed Lives"
Weekly Devotion: October 16, 2023 "Out with the Old and In with the New"
Weekly Devotion: October 9, 2023 "Anxiety and Christ"
Weekly Devotion: October 2, 2023 "Created in God’s Image"
Weekly Devotion: September 25, 2023 "Barbarians"
Weekly Devotion: September 18, 2023 "God Hears the Cries of His People"
Weekly Devotion: September 11, 2023 "Counterintuitive Jesus"
Weekly Devotion: September 4, 2023 "Rejoicing In Jesus"
Weekly Devotion: August 28, 2023 "More Abundantly"
Weekly Devotion: August 21, 2023 "Taking Care of Our Trash"
Weekly Devotion: August 14, 2023 "Eyes Fixed on Jesus"
Weekly Devotion: August 7, 2023 "Constant Change"
Weekly Devotion: July 31, 2023 "Breaking Bad Habits?"
Weekly Devotion: July 24, 2023 "The Kingdom of God"
Weekly Devotion: July 17, 2023 "Two Trees"
Weekly Devotion: July 10, 2023 "Believe in the Gospel"
Weekly Devotion: July 3, 2023 "Freedom"
Weekly Devotion: June 26, 2023 "Watch and Pray"
Weekly Devotion: June 19, 2023 "Time for a Check Up"
Weekly Devotion: June 5, 2023 "Why Worship?"
Weekly Devotion: May 29, 2023 "Do Good Well"
Weekly Devotion: May 22, 2023 "Bring it on!"
Weekly Devotion: May 14, 2023 "Embrace Low Moments"
Weekly Devotion: May 8, 2023 "Our Daily Bread"
Weekly Devotion: May 1, 2023 "God's Love Language"
Weekly Devotion: April 24, 2023 "Words"
Weekly Devotion: April 17, 2023 "You Are Never Alone"
Weekly Devotion: April 7, 2023 "Happy Rebirthday"
Weekly Devotion: April 3, 2023 "Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"
Weekly Devotion: March 27, 2023 "God looks at the heart"
Weekly Devotion: March 20, 2023 "God Knows You"
Weekly Devotion: March 5, 2023 "All the Tools We Need"
Weekly Devotion: February 27, 2023 "Good Fear"
Weekly Devotion: February 20, 2023 "Prisoners Set Free"
Weekly Devotion: February 13, 2023 "Keep Going"
Weekly Devotion: January 30, 2023 "God is With You!"
Weekly Devotion: January 23, 2023 "Psalms: The Prayers of God's People"
Weekly Devotion: 1/9/2023 "Spiritual Resolutions"
Weekly Devotion: December 26, 2022 "Jesus’ “Understated” Incarnation"
Weekly Devotion: December 12, 2022 "O Come, Let Us Adore Him”
Weekly Devotion: December 19, 2022 "Words of Comfort"
Weekly Devotion: December 5, 2022 "Struggling Sainthood"
Weekly Devotion: November 28, 2022 "Everything is Different Now!
Weekly Devotion: November 21, 2022 "Are We?"
Devotion: November 14, 2022 "Seek Solitude"
Weekly Devotion: November 7, 2022 "Escaping the Discontentment Trap"
Weekly Devotion: October 31, 2022 "Who Says Scripture Alone?"
Weekly Devotion: October 24, 2022 "Reminders to say thanks"
Weekly Devotion: October 10, 2022 "Courage"
Weekly Devotion: October 17, 2022 "Not All Wounds Are Visible"
Weekly Devotion: September 12, 2022 "Heavenly Discipline"
Weekly Devotion: September 5, 2022 "Lost Cows"
Weekly Devotion: August 22, 2022 "Patience"
Weekly Devotion: August 15, 2022 "Bigger Barns"
Weekly Devotion: August 8, 2022 "I Don't Feel Like It"
Weekly Devotion: August 1, 2022 "Casual Cruelty"
Weekly Devotion: July 25, 2022 "Living in the Present"
Weekly Devotion: July 18, 2022 "Forgetfulness"
Weekly Devotion: July 11, 2022 "Tension"
Weekly Devotion: July 4, 2022 "Celebrate Freesom"
Weekly Devotion: June 27, 2022 "Remembering"
Weekly Devotion: June 20, 2022 "Homeruns for God
Weekly Devotion: June 13, 2022 "You Can Laugh"
Weekly Devotion: June 6, 2022 "The Plan – Beginning to End"
Weekly Devotion: May 30, 2022 "The Reliable Source"
Weekly Devotion: May 16, 2022 "Christ Transforms His People"
Weekly Devotion: May 9, 2022 "Mom Means Other Before Me"
Weekly Devotion: May 2, 2022 "Life Under Pressure"
Weekly Devotion: April 18, 2022 "A Celebration of Love"
Weekly Devotion: March 14, 2022 "Grasping Grace"
Weekly Devotion: March 7, 2022 "A Difficult Command"
Weekly Devotion: February 21, 2022 "Jesus' Words are Truth"
Weekly Devotion: February 28, 2022 "Makes Sense"
Weekly Devotion: February 14, 2022 "Quarreling Tests the Lord"
Weekly Devotion: February 7, 2020 "I'm God's Child"
Weekly Devotion: January 31, 2022 "My God My Creator and Compass"
Weekly Devotion: January 10, 2022 "Every life matters!"
Weekly Devotion: January 3, 2022 "Epiphany"
Weekly Devotion: December 27, 2021 "Behold"
Weekly Devotion: December 20, 2021 "Christmas is for Times Like These"
Weekly Devotion: December 13, 2021 "O Wisdom"
Weekly Devotion: December 5, 2021 "What are you seeking?"
Weekly Devotion: November 29, 2021 "True Thankfulness"
Weekly Devotion: November 22, 2021 "A Thanksgiving Engine"
Weekly Devotion : November 15, 2021 "Unlikely Saints"
Weekly Devotion: November 8, 2021 "Angels Among Us"
Weekly Devotion: November 1, 2021 "In the boat with Jesus"
Life and Liberty Lecture Invitation for October 30, 2021
Weekly Devotion: October 18, 2021 "Shifting Ground"
Devotion: October 11, 2021 "Are We Listening?"
Devotion: October 4, 2021 "God is for Us!"
Devotion: September 27, 2021 "What Makes You Great"
Devotion: September 13, 2021 "Always Hope!"
Devotion: September 6, 2021 "We Labor For God"
Devotion: August 23, 2021 "Good Soil"
Devotion: August 29, 2021 "The Valley"
Devotion: August 16, 2021 "Truth and Bread"
Devotion: August 9, 2021 "Physical Reminders"
Devotion: August 2, 2021 "Our Idols"
Devotion: July 26, 2021 "Fire Walking is Best Not Done Alone:
Devotion: July 19, 2021 "New Life"
Devotion: July 12, 2021 "Outside of Christ, You are a Zombie"
Devotion: July 5, 2021 "It’s Great to be Back!"
Devotion: June 14, 2021 "Our God Is Steadfast"
Devotion: June 7, 2021 "Good Neighbors"
Devotion: May 31, 2021 "Prayer Matters"
Devotion: May 24, 2021 "Planted in the Right Place"
Devotion: May 17, 2021 "Thin Gratitude"
Devotion: May 10, 2021 "Half Empty or Half Full?"
Devotion: May 3, 2021 "New Coats"
Devotion: April 26, 2021 "Born to Wander"
Ethnic Ministry: Rev. Yared Halche "A Mission Executive's Perspective on the Pandemic"
Ethnic Ministry: Rev. Jim Buckman "Ministry through and after Trauma"
Devotion: April 19, 2021 "To Know the LORD"
Devotion: April 12, 2021 "Gospel Holes"
Devotion: April 5, 2021 "The Garden Tomb"
Devotion: March 29, 2021 "The Overturned Tables"
Devotion: March 22, 2021 "The Cast Lots"
Devotion: March 15, 2021 "The Courtyard Fire"
Devotion: March 8, 2021 "The Staff/The Reed"
Devotion: March 1, 2021 "The Scourge/Whip for Flogging"
Devotion: February 22, 2021 "The Bread"
Devotion: February 15, 2021 "Peace, No Matter What"
Devotion: February 8, 2021 "God Hears Us, No Matter What"
Ethnic Ministry: Warren Lattimore, Jr. "Not Surviving but Thriving: Kingdom Ministry in a Time of Pandemic and Racial Tension"
Devotion: February 1, 2021 "I Will Be with You"
Devotion: January 24, 2021 "Baby Jesus in the Temple"
December 18, 2021 "Jesus Does It All for Us"
Devotion: January 11, 2020 "Light and Darkness"
Devotion: December 6, 2020 "Epiphany"
Devotion: December 28, 2020 "Quietness"
Devotion: December 21, 2020 "Palm Branches in Advent"
Devotion: December 13, 2020 "Decorations by Jesus"
Devotion: November 30, 2020 "The LORD Is Our Righteousness"
Devotion: November 23, 2020 "Sheep and Goats"
Ethnic Ministry: Dr. Leo Sanchez
Webinar: Dale Meier Presents "It's a Great Time to Be the Church!"
Devotion: November 16, 2020 "We Have Hope!"
November 9, 2020 "Remain in the Word"
November 2, 2020 "God's Promises Are Forever"
October 29, 2020 "Walk Worthy"
October 19, 2020 "Reconciliation"
October 12, 2020 "Running the Race"
September 28, 2020 "Giving Up Everything"
September 21, 2020 "Forgiveness Gives Life"
September 14, 2020 "Abundance"
September 7, 2020 "Good with God"
August 31, 2020 "We Win!"
August 24, 2020 "Don't You Care?"
August 17, 2020 "In the End"
August 10, 2020 "Suffering in This Life"
August 3, 2020 "Silver Linings"
July 27, 2020 "Death, the Devil, and Defeat"
July 20, 2020 "God's Power"
July 13, 2020 "Citizens of Heaven"
July 6, 2020 "Judged in Jesus"
June 29, 2020 "Seeds and Weeds"
June 22, 2020 "Prayer in a Time of Crisis"
June 15, 2020 "Sin Separates and Divides"
June 8, 2020 "The Breath of Jesus"
June 1, 2020 "Change in an Instant"
May 25, 2020 "Pray"
May 18, 2020 "Comfort"
May 11, 2020 "The Good Shepherd"
May 4, 2020 "Giving Thanks - Why the World Thinks We Are Weird"
April 27, 2020 "Victory That Overcomes the World"
April 20, 2020 "God's Peace"
March 30, 2020 "A Prayer for the COVID-19 Pandemic"
March 23, 2020 "God Speaks Into Your Circumstance"
March 16, 2020 "Holiness and Honor"
March 9, 2020 "We Are Weak But He Is Strong"
March 2, 2020 "The Reality of Angels"
February 20 "Daily Bread"
February 10 "Don't Misuse Scripture"
February 3, 2020 "Remember the Past"
January 20, 2020 "Jesus Does It All for Us"
January 13 "Epiphany Is for All"
December 16 "The Word Is Given for You"
December 9 "Prepare the Way"
December 2 "Everything Has Changed!"
November 25 "Who Marks Iniquities"
November 18 "Searching for Righteousness"
November 11 "The Redeemer and the Redeemed"
November 4 "Healthy Hoorays for Celebrating the Year"
October 28 "Glad River"
October 21 "Living in the Present"
October 14, 2019 "Courage"
October 7 "Bless the Lord"
September 30 "The Perfect Steward"
September 23 "Cast Off Forever?"
September 9, 2019 "Make a Joyful Noise"
September 2, 2019 "Show Love"
August 26, 2019 "The Way Out"
August 22, 2019 "Here and There"
August 12, 2019 "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing"
August 5, 2019 "The Heritage of God"
July 29, 2019 "Green Eggs and Ham"
July 22, 2019 "Confusing Times"
July 15, 2019 "The Exalted Name of God"
July 8, 2019 "Be Honest with God"
July 1, 2019 "Jesus Set His Face"
June 17, 2019 "Joy and Fear."
June 10, 2019 "Spice Up Your Love Life!"
June 3, 2019 "The Good Shepherd"
May 27, 2019 "Partnership"
May 20, 2019 "Pure Spiritual Milk"
May 13, 2019 "Heavenly Hope"
May 6, 2019 "Scandalous! Outrageous! Impossible!"
April 22, 2019 "We Live in the Power of the Resurrection."
April 8, 2019 "A Word for 2019: Love"
April 8, 2019 "Justice and Mercy"
April 1, 2019 "Forever Song"
March 25, 2019 "A Very Expensive Gift"
March 18, 2019 "The Message of the Crucifix"
March 11, 2019 "Forward!"