A few years ago, when I served as a chaplain for Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child, I led the staff and volunteers through a devotional study of the verses featuring “one another” statements. Turns out there over one hundred of these in the Bible. This morning, reading my YouVersion Bible app, I was reminded ofContinue reading “The One Anothers | Forgive One Another”
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The Devotional Guy™ is a blog written by Rainer Bantau helping Christians think biblically and live purposefully in a complex and changing world.
Unleashing Your Creativity After 55
We live in a culture that globally celebrates youth. This gives way to the misconception that if you haven’t made an impact by the time you’re 25-30, that your creative spirit is dead on arrival before it ever had the chance to see light. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Whether you’reContinue reading “Unleashing Your Creativity After 55”
5 Things I Cherish as a Newly Naturalized American
On Tuesday, August 2nd, I happily became an American. After residing in the US for fifty years as a legal permanent resident, I proudly took my Oath of Allegiance and officially became a citizen. In the days since, I have been processing what it means to be an American. The actual naturalization ceremony proved moreContinue reading “5 Things I Cherish as a Newly Naturalized American”
