The Power of a Smile

The Power of a Smile

by Pastor Douglas Brauner The Outward Effect of Joy You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. I worked in bean fields during the summers of my childhood and youth. It started with picking green beans, though in the early days I mostly played with trucks in the dirt while my […]

Redeemed to Be a Pilgrim…

Redeemed to Be a Pilgrim…

by Pastor Douglas Brauner …Not a Tourist You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. My word for this year is “focus” as I navigate the fourth quarter of my life. I’m nearly three years into my retirement from pastoring God’s people. You cannot survive pastoring for nearly forty years without […]

Gravity Works…

Gravity Works…

by Pastor Douglas Brauner  …but God’s Grace Is Stronger. You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. My wife and I are blessed to watch our youngest grandson twice a week. He recently turned one and with his “advanced” age he has learned that his legs get him from point A […]