Weekly Devotions

Mickey Mouse Time
Ted Schroeder

Frank rushed in and loomed over his father who was kneeling on the ground beside his grandson. He was nailing a piece of two-by-four onto some other two-by-fours.

“Dad, for Pete’s sake,” Frank snapped. “Where have you been? We were due at the lawyer’s office more than an hour ago.”

“I know,” his father said. “I reckon the lawyers will wait. I’ve got something more important to...

What the World Needs Now …
Dr. Rich Bimler, Past President, Wheat Ridge Ministries

Happy Valentine’s Week! 

This is a great week to focus once again on that too-often used word, “love.” The challenge is to see this “love” word as not merely a word but more importantly as an action. For starters, John 3:16 reminds us that “God so loved the world that He gave …” I am so glad it does not read, “God so loved the world...

Shadow
Pastor Anne Christiansen
Mt. Pleasant Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saluda, SC; Wheat Ridge Ministries Board Member

Do you remember in the story of Peter Pan when Peter lost his shadow and Wendy was kind enough to sew it back on him? One day, when I was a child, I decided to see if I could lose my shadow. I jumped and twirled. I ran as fast as I could, but my shadow didn’t miss a step. I dodged behind trees, dove into tall grass. I walked calmly along a building, then...

Throwing Rocks
Rev. Kelly Chatman, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN; Wheat Ridge Ministries Board Member

Several years ago, I was invited to serve on the teaching staff at Holden Village, a retreat center located in a remote area of the Cascade Mountains of north central Washington state. To get to Holden Village you have to catch a ferry out of a little town called Chelan, which is a several-hour drive from Seattle, Spokane and Portland. After the two-hour boat ride, you...

Do Not Fear, I Am With You
By Rev. Keith Perry, Hospice and Hospital Chaplain

As a chaplain ministering almost daily to the sick and the dying, one of the most common phrases I find myself stressing to patients is the promise from God, “Do not fear, I am with you.” On the surface it sounds like such a simple phrase, yet I have seen its impact felt in such a powerful way time and time again. 

Sickness and dying, and certainly other situations in life, have a way...