The Gift of a Closed Mouth

The Gift of a Closed Mouth

by Pastor Douglas Brauner Power in NOT Speaking You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” James 1:19-20 English Standard Version The […]

He … “Hath Done What He Could”

He … “Hath Done What He Could”

by Pastor Douglas Brauner The Highest Praise You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. I learned that pastors become friends with funeral directors when on my vicarage, what we in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod call our year of internship. Harold Wakeman of Wakeman Funeral Home in Saginaw, Michigan showed […]

Never Left Behind

Never Left Behind

by Pastor Douglas Brauner In Jesus, God Will Not Abandon Us You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. “For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage.”  Psalm 94:14 English Standard Version I live close to a city park with a nice playground. Families gather […]