Let’s Talk

Josh WannerDevotions

Let’s Talk About *Ahem*, Baby Now, if you got Salt-N-Peppa’s song stuck in your head, I’m sorry. Not intentional, believe me, because now I got the song stuck in my mind, too. My vicarage supervisor, … Read More

Our Role with Youth Ministry

Josh WannerDevotions

I love high school and middle school students. I love celebrating things like getting a first job with them, and I love moaning with them when they realize what working a first job is actually … Read More

Where is Your God?

Josh WannerDevotions

As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.My soul thirsts for God,    for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God?[b]My tears have been my food    day and night,while they … Read More

Caught on Camera

Josh WannerDevotions

Cameras are all over the place. If we have a cellphone or other mobile device, we carry a camera all the time. Security cameras are a common item to see employed at many businesses. Law … Read More

I Promise

Josh WannerDevotions

It’s a vow we learn as a young child when secrets are whispered amidst school yards. I’ll tell you, but do you promise not to tell anyone else? I promise. It’s a vow that travels … Read More

Top Secret

Josh WannerDevotions

Blessed is the one    whose transgressions are forgiven,    whose sins are covered.2 Blessed is the one    whose sin the Lord does not count against them    and in whose spirit is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent,    my bones wasted away    through my groaning all day … Read More

The Four Words No One Wants To Hear

Josh WannerDevotions

“It’s not about me.” That’s the name of the book my parents gave me when I was confirmed. It’s by Max Lucado and it was the “teen edition” of the book. They also gave me … Read More

Sheltered

Josh WannerDevotions

One thing I ask from the Lord,    this only do I seek:that I may dwell in the house of the Lord    all the days of my life,to gaze on the beauty of the Lord    and to seek him in his temple.5 For in … Read More

Parents Over Shoulder

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Parents. There was a time that I would roll my eyes at this word. That was before I was a parent. And now being a parent, my perspective has changed! When I was a teen, … Read More