Gentle as a Nursing Mother Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Readings: 1 Thessalonians 2 | Psalm 105:1-22 Paul could have shown up in Thessalonica swinging credentials. Instead, he says, “we were like young children among you,” and then reaches for a tender illustration: “Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
The Sun Knows Its Place Date: Monday, November 2, 2026 Check out the backstory on Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians through this short overview video from the Bible Project. Readings: 1 Thessalonians 1 | Psalm 104:19-35 Thessalonica was a bustling port city along the Via Egnatia, a major 2nd century trade Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Chains and Open Doors Date: Sunday, November 1, 2026 Readings: Colossians 4 | Psalm 104:1-18 Colossians 4 looks like the part of the letter where Paul clears his throat, passes along greetings, and signs off. Don’t skim it! Here is an apostle in chains asking his friends to pray that “God may Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Dressed by Grace Date: Saturday, October 31, 2026 Readings: Colossians 3 | Psalm 103 It’s Halloween, the night of costumes, and for those of us in the Reformation tradition, also the day we remember Luther’s famous 1517 hammer-and-nails moment in Wittenberg. Wardrobe talk seems fitting. Colossians 3 is full of Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Paid in Full Date: Friday, October 30, 2026 Readings: Colossians 2 | Psalm 102:15-28 In 2019, investor Robert F. Smith delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College and announced that he and his family would pay off the student loans of the entire graduating class, an estimated $34 million. Imagine the stunned Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
Held Together Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026 Readings: Colossians 1 | Psalm 102:1-14 Colossians 1 contains one of the most majestic sentences in the New Testament: Christ “is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation… He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” Jesse Lund • Daily Devotionals
